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Calvin

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Mar 24, 2019, 7:09:00 PM3/24/19
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My stocks have been replenished :-)

1 Which 2009 Todd Phillips movie featured a cameo from Mike Tyson?
2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of the captain of the submarine Nautilus?
3 From which European country is Stella Artois beer traditionally brewed?
4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan?
5 Which British group has a 1994 hit with 'Parklife'?
6 Crucial to the plot, the action in the 1982 film "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" takes place in and around which celebration?
7 In mathematics, what is the value of the base of the natural logarithm, to one decimal place?
8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from?
9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element?
10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a revolutionary leader in which South American country?

cheers,
calvin

Dan Blum

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Mar 24, 2019, 8:59:35 PM3/24/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My stocks have been replenished :-)

> 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of the captain of the submarine Nautilus?

Nemo

> 3 From which European country is Stella Artois beer traditionally brewed?

Belgium

> 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan?

Urdu

> 6 Crucial to the plot, the action in the 1982 film "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" takes place in and around which celebration?

Halloween

> 7 In mathematics, what is the value of the base of the natural logarithm, to one decimal place?

2.7

> 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from?

nearsightedness

> 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element?

carbon

> 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a revolutionary leader in which South American country?

Argentina

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Mark Brader

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Mar 24, 2019, 10:21:18 PM3/24/19
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"Calvin":
> My stocks have been replenished :-)

Yea!

> 1 Which 2009 Todd Phillips movie featured a cameo from Mike Tyson?
> 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name
> of the captain of the submarine Nautilus?

Nemo.

> 3 From which European country is Stella Artois beer traditionally brewed?

Belgium.

> 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan?

Urdu.

> 5 Which British group has a 1994 hit with 'Parklife'?

Coldplay?

> 6 Crucial to the plot, the action in the 1982 film "E.T the
> Extra-Terrestrial" takes place in and around which celebration?

Halloween.

> 7 In mathematics, what is the value of the base of the natural
> logarithm, to one decimal place?

2.7

> 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from?

Nearsightedness.

> 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element?

Carbon.

> 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar

Would you believe Shakur?

> was named after Tupac Amaru II, a revolutionary leader in which
> South American country?

Bolivia?
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Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem."
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Pete Gayde

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Mar 25, 2019, 9:35:46 AM3/25/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:23fb3642-71df-43d5...@googlegroups.com:

> My stocks have been replenished :-)
>
> 1 Which 2009 Todd Phillips movie featured a cameo from Mike Tyson?
> 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of
> the captain of the submarine Nautilus?

Nemo

> 3 From which European
> country is Stella Artois beer traditionally brewed?

Belgium

> 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan?
> 5 Which British group has a 1994 hit with 'Parklife'?

Oasis

> 6 Crucial to the
> plot, the action in the 1982 film "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" takes
> place in and around which celebration?

Christmas

> 7 In mathematics, what is
> the value of the base of the natural logarithm, to one decimal place?

2.8

> 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from?

Near-sightedness

> 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element?

Carbon

> 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a
> revolutionary leader in which South American country?

Argentina; Paraguay

>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
>

Pete Gayde

Erland Sommarskog

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Mar 26, 2019, 6:44:46 AM3/26/19
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of
> the captain of the submarine Nautilus?

Nemo

> 3 From which European country is Stella Artois beer traditionally
> brewed?

Belgium

> 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan?

Urdu

> 7 In mathematics, what is the value of the base of the natural
> logarithm, to one decimal place?

2.72

> 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from?

Blindness

> 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element?

Carbon

> 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a
> revolutionary leader in which South American country?
>


Uruguay

Dan Tilque

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Mar 27, 2019, 6:15:32 PM3/27/19
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Calvin wrote:
> My stocks have been replenished :-)
>
> 1 Which 2009 Todd Phillips movie featured a cameo from Mike Tyson?
> 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of the captain of the submarine Nautilus?

Nemo

> 3 From which European country is Stella Artois beer traditionally brewed?
> 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan?

Urdu

> 5 Which British group has a 1994 hit with 'Parklife'?
> 6 Crucial to the plot, the action in the 1982 film "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" takes place in and around which celebration?

Independence Day

> 7 In mathematics, what is the value of the base of the natural logarithm, to one decimal place?

2.7

> 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from?

nearsightedness

> 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element?

carbon

> 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a revolutionary leader in which South American country?

Peru

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Dan Tilque

Calvin

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Mar 28, 2019, 11:47:23 PM3/28/19
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On Monday, March 25, 2019 at 9:09:00 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> My stocks have been replenished :-)
>
> 1 Which 2009 Todd Phillips movie featured a cameo from Mike Tyson?

The Hangover
No-one got this

> 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of the captain of the submarine Nautilus?

[Captain] Nemo

> 3 From which European country is Stella Artois beer traditionally brewed?

Belgium

> 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan?

Urdu

> 5 Which British group has a 1994 hit with 'Parklife'?

Blur
No-one got this

> 6 Crucial to the plot, the action in the 1982 film "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" takes place in and around which celebration?

Halloween

> 7 In mathematics, what is the value of the base of the natural logarithm, to one decimal place?

2.7

> 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from?

Short / Near Sighted

> 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element?

Carbon

> 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a revolutionary leader in which South American country?

Peru
Singleton for Dan T. And it should be "Shakur" as Mark pointed out.


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 556
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 28 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 28 Dan Blum
0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 23 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 22 Erland S
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 18 Pete Gayde
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
0 5 4 4 0 2 4 4 5 1 29 58%

Congratulations Mark and Dan B.

cheers,
calvin


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