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Calvin

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Apr 27, 2016, 2:00:21 AM4/27/16
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1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments?
2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?
3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer?
4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?
5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?
6 Where in the human body is the macula located?
7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory?
8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear?
9 What are the three secondary colours?
10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love?

cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Apr 27, 2016, 2:18:07 AM4/27/16
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"Calvin":
> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse
> stable, or a set of residential apartments?

I'm sure I don't know one. I'll try barn.

> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which
> 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?

I might get this if I thought about it long enough, but I'm
not going to.

> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the
> world's number one golfer?

Von Johnson.

> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

22.

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Greece.

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?

In the retina.

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the
> term 'Big Bang' theory?

Hoyle.

> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem
> regularly appear?

"The Muppet Show"?

> 9 What are the three secondary colours?

That depends on which system of primary colors you're using.
Either yellow, cyan, and magenta or orange, green, and purple.

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is
> the name of the narrator's lost love?

I think it's 3 syllables, but I'm not going to take time on
this one either.
--
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Marc Dashevsky

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Apr 27, 2016, 2:33:16 AM4/27/16
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In article <09c439ce-f883-4a24...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
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> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments?
> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?
> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer?
> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?
> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?
Greece

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?
retina

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory?
Fred Hoyle

> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear?
> 9 What are the three secondary colours?
cyan, magenta and yellow

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love?
Lenore




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Erland Sommarskog

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Apr 27, 2016, 3:20:44 AM4/27/16
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

29

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Greece

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big
> Bang' theory?

Hubble?

> 9 What are the three secondary colours?

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name
> of the narrator's lost love?

Damn, I think Alan Parsons left that part out.


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Dan Tilque

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Apr 27, 2016, 7:41:28 AM4/27/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments?

mews

> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?
> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer?
> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

3

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Portugal

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?

eye

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory?

Fred Hoyle

> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear?

The Muppet Show

> 9 What are the three secondary colours?

magenta, cyan, yellow

(although this depends on whether you mean the additive or subtractive
colors. I gave the answer for the additive colors.)

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love?



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Dan Tilque

Björn Lundin

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Apr 27, 2016, 9:05:12 AM4/27/16
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On 2016-04-27 08:00, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments?
> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?
Summer of 69
> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer?
Bernard Langer
> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?
21
> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?
Portugal ?
> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?
> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory?
> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear?
> 9 What are the three secondary colours?
> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>


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Björn

bbowler

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Apr 27, 2016, 9:14:30 AM4/27/16
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:00:18 -0700, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a
> set of residential apartments?

Mews

> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985
Bryan
> Adams hit song?

Summer of '69

> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number
> one golfer?
> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

22

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Greece

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?

The eye

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big
> Bang' theory?

Hoyle

> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem
regularly
> appear?

The Muppet Show

> 9 What are the three secondary colours?

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of
> the narrator's lost love?

Lenore


Chris F.A. Johnson

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Apr 27, 2016, 12:08:03 PM4/27/16
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On 2016-04-27, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments?

mews

> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?
> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer?

Langer

> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

22 (21 + cue ball)

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Greece

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?

Retina

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory?

Hoyle

> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear?
> 9 What are the three secondary colours?

Cyan, magenta, yellow

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love?

Lenore

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Chris F.A. Johnson

Peter Smyth

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Apr 27, 2016, 6:36:20 PM4/27/16
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Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a
> set of residential apartments?
>
> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985
> Bryan Adams hit song?
Summer of 69
> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number
> one golfer?
Bernhard Langer
> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?
22
> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?
Spain
> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?
Eye
> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big
> Bang' theory?
Fred Hoyle
> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem
> regularly appear?
>
> 9 What are the three secondary colours?
Orange, Green, Purple
> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name
> of the narrator's lost love?


Peter Smyth

Pete

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Apr 27, 2016, 7:00:09 PM4/27/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:09c439ce-f883-4a24...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable,
> or a set of residential apartments?

Bloc

> 2 "Those were the best days of
> my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?
> 3 In 1986
> who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one
> golfer?

Langer

> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

9

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Greece

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?

Eye

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term
> 'Big Bang' theory?
> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band
> Electric Mayhem regularly appear?

Muppet Show

> 9 What are the three secondary colours?
> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what
> is the name of the narrator's lost love?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

Gareth Owen

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Apr 30, 2016, 1:40:28 PM4/30/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a
> set of residential apartments?

Mews

> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985
> Bryan Adams hit song?

Summer of 69

> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number
> one golfer?

Bernhard Langer

> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

22 (white, 15xred, yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black)

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Greece

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?

Eye

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big
> Bang' theory?

Hoyle

> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly
> appear?

The Muppets

> 9 What are the three secondary colours?

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow (you'll get letters over this)

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of
> the narrator's lost love?

Elenore

ArenEss

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May 4, 2016, 8:47:03 AM5/4/16
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:00:18 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:

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>1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments?
Barn?

>2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?
Summer of '69

>3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer?
Bernhard Langer?

>4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?
23 (if you are counting the cue ball, 22 otherwise)

>5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?
Greece

>6 Where in the human body is the macula located?
Eye

>7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory?
>8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear?
Muppets?

>9 What are the three secondary colours?
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

>10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love?
Lenore?

>
>cheers,
>calvin

Calvin

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May 4, 2016, 8:15:46 PM5/4/16
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On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4:00:21 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments?

Mews

> 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song?

Summer of '69

> 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer?

Bernhard Langer

> 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker?

22

> 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country?

Greece

> 6 Where in the human body is the macula located?

Retina / Eye

> 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory?

Fred Hoyle

> 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear?

The Muppet Show

> 9 What are the three secondary colours?

Green Orange Purple / Cyan Yellow Magenta

> 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love?

Lenore

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 437
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 56 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 58 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 50 Chris Johnson
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 46 Aren Ess
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 43 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 32 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 34 Dan Tilque
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 35 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 30 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 Bjorn Lundin
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 5 6 5 8 9 7 7 7 4 62 56%

Congratulations Bruce.

cheers,
calvin

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