On Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 8:58:06 PM UTC-4, swp wrote:
> this is rotating quiz #259. today is june 8th, 2017. yesterday, I lost someone. her name was Diana. she was pretty, smart, and loved music. this round is dedicated to her.
thank you for the kind words and laughter, much appreciated
> answer slates must be posted before 9pm edt (philadelphia/toronto time) on wednesday, 2017-06-14, which gives all of you a lot of time from the time of this posting.
at this point I don't think anyone is surprised when I am late. up first, the expected answers.
category: diana
in each case, unambiguously name the person described.
a. the one that died in paris at the end of august in 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales
b. to the romans, diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature. name her greek equivalent.
Artemis
c. lead singer of the vocal group 'the supremes'
Diana Ross
d. emma peel in the 1960s tv series 'the avengers' and olenna tyrell in 'game of thrones'
Diana Rigg
category: it's the singer
again, unambiguously name the singer described
e. died on november 24th, 1991. 4 octave vocal range. one of the greatest showmen of all time.
Freddie Mercury, aka Farrokh Bulsara (lead singer of queen)
f. the chairman of the board
Frank Sinatra
g. performed "the star spangled banner" at super bowl xxv at tampa stadium on january 27, 1991. they played a previously recorded version by her and didn't tell her she had a dead microphone when she sang live, ostensibly due to crowd noise
Whitney Houston
h. she sang with boyz ii men on "one sweet day"
Mariah Carey
category: the song
from the given lyrics, name the song. (note: I am using copy & paste for these)
i. Oh don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said ...
'shut up and dance' by walk the moon
j. I'm burnin' through the sky yeah
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you
'don't stop me now' by queen
k. If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
'take a chance on me' by abba
l. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
Nothing ain't nothing, but it's free.
'me and bobby mcgee' by janis joplin
category: the band (note: I am using copy & paste for these also)
from the given lyrics, name the band/artist
m. We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
pink floyd, from 'wish you were here'
n. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
rush, from 'freewill'
o. How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
bob dylan, from "blowin' in the wind"
p. I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need some place where I can lay my head
Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed?
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said
the band, 'the weight'
and now to tally up the scores.
name a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p total
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Mark B 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Dan B 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8
Marc D 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
Dan T 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
Erland 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
Peter S 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
Gareth 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 14
Calvin 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7
Chris 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
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totals 9 5 9 8 3 6 3 2 1 2 1 5 3 2 9 2 70
the winner by a large margin is Gareth! you obviously have great taste in music. well done young man. you may now set RQ260 in a manner that is pleasing to you.
swp, who has spent too much time in hospitals recently