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Calvin
Dec 18, 2016, 10:20:44 PM12/18/16
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1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs?
5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion?
7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set?
9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Dec 18, 2016, 10:27:12 PM12/18/16
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"Calvin":
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978
> football (soccer) World Cups?
Italy?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside
> the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
Calvary?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name
> for eggs?
Clutch. Tricky, considering that they've been obsolete since the
automatic transmission was developed.
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered
> for his three laws of planetary motion?
Kepler.
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The
> Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
Ludlum.
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many
> land speed records have been set?
Utah.
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
Nihon, also rendered as Nippon.
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
American football.
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> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited
> with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
Huh, I would've guessed that was older. Let's see, Maxwell?
> with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978
> football (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside
> the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name
> for eggs?
automatic transmission was developed.
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered
> for his three laws of planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The
> Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many
> land speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Dec 19, 2016, 1:59:43 AM12/19/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Dec 19, 2016, 3:28:58 AM12/19/16
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with
> coining the term "kinetic energy"?
Joule
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with
> coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football
> (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the
> walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for
> his three laws of planetary motion?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land
> speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
>
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Peter Smyth
Dec 19, 2016, 5:49:23 AM12/19/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with
> coining the term "kinetic energy"?
Watt
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with
> coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football
> (soccer) World Cups?
Netherlands
> (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the
> walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
Calvary
> walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for
> eggs?
Clutch
> eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
Five
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for
> his three laws of planetary motion?
Kepler
> his three laws of planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne
> Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
Ludlum
> Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land
> speed records have been set?
New Mexico
> speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
>
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
American Football
>
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
Dec 19, 2016, 9:10:37 AM12/19/16
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In article <4c6a610a-2ef7-427f...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs?
clutch
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
Robert Ludlum
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set?
Utah
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
American football
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>
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
Golgotha
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
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Gareth Owen
Dec 19, 2016, 1:41:49 PM12/19/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with
> coining the term "kinetic energy"?
Kelvin?
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with
> coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football
> (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the
> walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for
> eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his
> three laws of planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne
> Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land
> speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
swp
Dec 19, 2016, 10:48:35 PM12/19/16
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On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 10:20:44 PM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
lord kelvin
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
swp, who is only mostly dead
Pete
Dec 20, 2016, 4:42:19 PM12/20/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:4c6a610a-2ef7-427f...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited
> with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was
> runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
Holland
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside
> the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
Golgotha
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a
> car part and a collective name for eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical
> ballet?
6
> 6 Which mathematician
> and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of
> planetary motion?
Copernicus
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne
> Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
Ludlum
> 8 In
> which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed
> records have been set?
Utah
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
Nippon
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
American Football
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:4c6a610a-2ef7-427f...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited
> with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was
> runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside
> the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a
> car part and a collective name for eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical
> ballet?
6
> 6 Which mathematician
> and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of
> planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne
> Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In
> which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed
> records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Calvin
Dec 21, 2016, 6:38:06 PM12/21/16
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On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 1:20:44 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
William Thomson aka Lord Kelvin
> 1 Which British physicist and engineer (1824-1907) is credited with coining the term "kinetic energy"?
> 2 Which country was runner-up in both the 1974 and 1978 football (soccer) World Cups?
> 3 According to the Gospels, at which site immediately outside the walls of Jerusalem was Jesus crucified?
> 4 What 6-letter word is both a car part and a collective name for eggs?
> 5 How may basic positions are there in modern-day classical ballet?
> 6 Which mathematician and astronomer (1571-1630) is remembered for his three laws of planetary motion?
> 7 Which author (1927-2001) wrote the "Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum"?
> 8 In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats where many land speed records have been set?
> 9 By what name do the Japanese call Japan?
> 10 Which sport do the Baltimore Ravens play professionally?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 468
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 65 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 65 Stephen Perry
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 46 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 47 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 50 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 42 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 42 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 36 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 5 8 6 3 7 6 7 6 7 58 73%
Congratulations Gareth and Stephen.
Merry Christmas all. CQ #469 will appear on approximately 10 January 2017.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Dec 21, 2016, 7:41:54 PM12/21/16
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"Calvin":
> Merry Christmas all.
Likewise.
> CQ #469 will appear on approximately 10 January 2017.
It's getting lonely around here!
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Mark Brader | "Mechanics, musicians, and programmers all know
Toronto | how to arrange numerous small units into logical
m...@vex.net | patterns such that the arrangement has the power
| to move something in a profound way." -- Barry Kort
> Merry Christmas all.
Likewise.
> CQ #469 will appear on approximately 10 January 2017.
--
Mark Brader | "Mechanics, musicians, and programmers all know
Toronto | how to arrange numerous small units into logical
m...@vex.net | patterns such that the arrangement has the power
| to move something in a profound way." -- Barry Kort
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