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Calvin

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Sep 19, 2016, 10:48:56 PM9/19/16
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1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?
2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?
3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace, Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?
4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?
5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which country?
6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 bio-pic?
7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive decay?
8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?
9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper clip?
10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Sep 20, 2016, 12:08:08 AM9/20/16
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"Calvin":
> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was
> vice president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his
> suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in
> 2011?
> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons
> manufacturing, which British brand of motorcycle is "made
> like a gun"?

Webley?

> 3 Which British director created the animated characters
> Wallace, Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?
> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the
> songs "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?

"South Pacific"?

> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents
> of which country?

Mexico.

> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in
> which 2005 bio-pic?

"Walk the Line".

> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle
> containing two protons and two neutrons is most commonly
> produced by radioactive decay?

Alpha.

> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Aries.

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word
> for a paper clip?

Trombone.

> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

Knots.
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Dan Tilque

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Sep 20, 2016, 3:50:04 AM9/20/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?
> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?
> 3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace, Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?
> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?
> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which country?

Mexico

> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 bio-pic?
> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive decay?

alpha particle

> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Aries

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper clip?

trombone

> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

flies

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Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 20, 2016, 6:36:03 AM9/20/16
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice
> president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and
> eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?

Jack Warner

> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing,
> which British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?

Trident

> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which
> country?

México

> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two
> protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive
> decay?

Alpha

> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Väduren (Is that Sagitaurus in English?)

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper
> clip?

Basoon

> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?
>

Cabbage


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Marc Dashevsky

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Sep 20, 2016, 10:47:41 AM9/20/16
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In article <6913d29b-d81f-401c...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?
> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?
BSA

> 3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace, Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?
> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?
The King And I

> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which country?
Mexico

> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 bio-pic?
Walk The Line

> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive decay?
alpha ray

> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?
Aries

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper clip?
trombone

> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?
knots

> cheers,
> calvin



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Björn Lundin

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Sep 20, 2016, 11:33:17 AM9/20/16
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On 2016-09-20 04:48, Calvin wrote:
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> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Aries - I was born the day before :-)


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Gareth Owen

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Sep 20, 2016, 12:49:06 PM9/20/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice
> president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and
> eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?

Jack Warner

> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which
> British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?

Triump?

> 3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace,
> Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?

Nick Park

> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall
> We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?

The King and Eye

> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which
> country?

Mexico

> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005
> bio-pic?

Walk the Line

> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two
> protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive
> decay?

Alpha Particle

> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Taurus?

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper
> clip?

Trombone

> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

Knot

Peter Smyth

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Sep 20, 2016, 1:53:23 PM9/20/16
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Calvin wrote:


> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice
> president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and
> eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?
Jack Warner
> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which
> British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?
>
> 3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace,
> Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?
Nick Park
> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs
> "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?
Cabaret
> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which
> country?
Mexico
> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005
> bio-pic?
Walk the Line
> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two
> protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive
> decay?
Alpha
> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?
Aries
> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper
> clip?
Viola
> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?
Knot

Peter Smyth

Joe

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Sep 20, 2016, 2:51:00 PM9/20/16
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On 2016-09-20 02:48:55 +0000, Calvin said:

>
> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice
> president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and
> eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?

Walker

> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which
> British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?

Birmingham Small Arms (BSA). My first bike was a BSA Bantam D7

> 3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace,
> Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?

Nick Park

> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall
> We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?

The King and I

> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which country?
> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 bio-pic?

Walk The Line

> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two
> protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive decay?
> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Pices

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper clip?
> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

Knots

>
> cheers,
> calvin


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Pete

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Sep 20, 2016, 8:50:02 PM9/20/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:6913d29b-d81f-401c...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice
> president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and
> eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?

Warner

> 2 Reflecting the
> company's background in weapons manufacturing, which British brand of
> motorcycle is "made like a gun"?

Triumph

> 3 Which British director created
> the animated characters Wallace, Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?
> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs
> "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?

The King and I

> 5 Felipe Calderón and
> Vicente Fox are former presidents of which country?

Mexico

> 6 Joaquin
> Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 bio-pic?
> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing
> two protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive
> decay?
> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?
> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a
> paper clip?
> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

Knots

>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

swp

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Sep 20, 2016, 9:12:56 PM9/20/16
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also my wedding day. small world, eh?

swp

Mark Brader

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Sep 20, 2016, 9:50:50 PM9/20/16
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Stephen Perry:
> also my wedding day. small world, eh?

Small calendar, more like!
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Dan Tilque

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Sep 20, 2016, 10:03:43 PM9/20/16
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>
>> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?
>
> Väduren (Is that Sagitaurus in English?)

Wiktionary says that it's Aries, which is the correct answer.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/V%C3%A4duren (hope that link works)

The sun is in Sagittarius in late autumn. Sagittarius is also the
direction of the center of the Milky Way. The Milky Way is tilted some
60 degrees from the ecliptic, so there's only two points where the two
planes intersect and one of them is towards the center. It's purely a
coincidence, though. There's no physical reason it has to be there.


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Chris F.A. Johnson

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Sep 23, 2016, 2:08:06 AM9/23/16
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On 2016-09-20, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?
> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?

BSA (Birmingham Small Arms)

> 3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace, Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?
> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?

The King and I

> 5 Felipe Calderon and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which country?

Mexico

> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 bio-pic?

Walk the Line

> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive decay?

Alpha particle

> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Aries

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper clip?

Trombone

> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

Knots

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Calvin

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Sep 30, 2016, 12:00:25 AM9/30/16
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On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 12:48:56 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman was vice president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011?

Jack Warner

> 2 Reflecting the company's background in weapons manufacturing, which British brand of motorcycle is "made like a gun"?

[Royal] Enfield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Enfield
Apologies if the weapons clue misled anyone [since BSA was a popular wrong answer]

> 3 Which British director created the animated characters Wallace, Grommet and Shaun the Sheep?

Nick Park

> 4 Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the songs "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You"?

The King and I
accepting eye :-)

> 5 Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox are former presidents of which country?

Mexico

> 6 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 bio-pic?

Walk the Line

> 7 Another name for a helium nucleus, which particle containing two protons and two neutrons is most commonly produced by radioactive decay?

Alpha

> 8 Those born on April Fools' Day fall under what star sign?

Aries
also accepting the Swedish equivalent which I have already forgotten

> 9 What is both a musical instrument and the French word for a paper clip?

Trombone

> 10 Turks head, Granny and Bowline are types of what?

Knot

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 458
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 46 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 41 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Chris Johnson
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Mark Brader
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 22 Joe
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 25 Erland S
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 25 Pete Gayde
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 26 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 0 3 6 8 6 7 6 5 7 52 58%

Congratulations Gareth. It was a tougher than average set which perhaps explains the bi-modal distribution.

cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Sep 30, 2016, 12:32:55 AM9/30/16
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"Calvin":
> 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Mark Brader

Wrong.
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Calvin

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Sep 30, 2016, 12:59:28 AM9/30/16
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On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 2:32:55 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Mark Brader
>
> Wrong.

Thanks- corrected scores are:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 458
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 45 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 41 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 44 Chris Johnson
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 44 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 39 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 21 Joe
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 24 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 25 Erland S
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 26 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 0 3 5 8 6 7 6 5 7 51 57%

cheers,
calvin


Björn Lundin

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Sep 30, 2016, 10:01:51 AM9/30/16
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On 2016-09-30 06:00, Calvin wrote:
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 458
> 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 46 Gareth Owen
> 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 41 Peter Smyth
> 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Chris Johnson
> 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Mark Brader
> 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 45 Marc Dashevsky
> 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 22 Joe
> 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 25 Erland S
> 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 25 Pete Gayde
> 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 26 Dan Tilque
> - - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
> 4 0 3 6 8 6 7 6 5 7 52 58%
>
> Congratulations Gareth. It was a tougher than average set which perhaps explains the bi-modal distribution.
>
> cheers,
> calvin


I only replied on one question but I do think I should be mentioned in
the table anyway...

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