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Calvin
Nov 6, 2017, 9:45:03 PM11/6/17
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1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's tennis titles?
6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States’ entry into World War One?
10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 6, 2017, 10:49:58 PM11/6/17
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"Calvin":
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
Czechia?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
Strait of Formosa?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
Leningrad.
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles
> men's tennis titles?
Borg?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
Pisces.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life
> of which biblical figure?
Moses?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
They're names of space probes.
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the
> United States' entry into World War One?
Lusitania.
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Boston Celtics.
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Mark Brader "...we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side
Toronto with the giants on whose shoulders we stand."
m...@vex.net -- Gerald Holton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902)
> and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
James.
> and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles
> men's tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life
> of which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the
> United States' entry into World War One?
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
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Mark Brader "...we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side
Toronto with the giants on whose shoulders we stand."
m...@vex.net -- Gerald Holton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Nov 6, 2017, 11:44:34 PM11/6/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove'?(1902) and 'The Ambassadors?(1903)'?
Henry James
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
Poland
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
South China Sea
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
Leningrad
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
Aquarius
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
Moses
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
All are names of NASA unmanned missions
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States? entry into World War One?
Lusitania
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Boston Celtics
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove'?(1902) and 'The Ambassadors?(1903)'?
Henry James
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States? entry into World War One?
Lusitania
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Nov 7, 2017, 12:31:21 AM11/7/17
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Calvin wrote:
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> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
Poland
>
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States’ entry into World War One?
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
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Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 7, 2017, 3:23:26 AM11/7/17
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Poland
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
Leningrad
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's
> tennis titles?
Boris Becker
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
Pisces
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of
> which biblical figure?
Joseph
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
They are all sattelites that have escaped the solar system
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's
> tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of
> which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
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Peter Smyth
Nov 7, 2017, 4:40:08 AM11/7/17
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Calvin wrote:
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>
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
Poland
>
>
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
Yellow Sea
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
Leningrad
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's tennis titles?
Nadal
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
Aquarius
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
Moses
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
Space probes
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States’ entry into World War One?
Lusitania
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Boston
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 7, 2017, 10:17:07 AM11/7/17
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In article <f6d9e3aa-da05-40ed...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
South China Sea
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
Leningrad
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
Aquarius
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
Moses
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
unmanned NASA missions
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States? entry into World War One?
Lusitania
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Boston Celtics
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> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
Poland
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States? entry into World War One?
Lusitania
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
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Bruce Bowler
Nov 7, 2017, 1:14:13 PM11/7/17
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On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:45:02 -0800, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and
> 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
Henry James
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and
> 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's
> tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of
> which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United
> States’ entry into World War One?
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Gareth Owen
Nov 7, 2017, 2:18:48 PM11/7/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and
> 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
Henry James
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and
> 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's
> tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of
> which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United
> States’ entry into World War One?
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Pete Gayde
Nov 11, 2017, 11:07:00 PM11/11/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f6d9e3aa-da05-40ed...@googlegroups.com:
>
>
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902)
> and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
Poland
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
South China Sea
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
Leningrad
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand
> Slam singles men's tennis titles?
Laver
> 6 Name any one of the Water
> signs according to Western astrology.
Pisces
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The
> Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
Moses
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
NASA Satellites
> 9 The 1915 sinking of
> which British ocean liner hastened the United States’ entry into
> World War One?
Lusitania
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Boston Celtics
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:f6d9e3aa-da05-40ed...@googlegroups.com:
>
>
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902)
> and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand
> Slam singles men's tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water
> signs according to Western astrology.
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The
> Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of
> which British ocean liner hastened the United States’ entry into
> World War One?
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Calvin
Nov 15, 2017, 5:45:43 PM11/15/17
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On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 12:45:03 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
Henry James
> 1 Which author's novels include 'The Wings of the Dove' (1902) and 'The Ambassadors (1903)'?
> 2 Stanislaus is the patron saint of which European country?
> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
No-one got this. https://www.britannica.com/place/Luzon-Strait
> 4 By what name was St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
> 5 Among left-handers, who has won the most Grand Slam singles men's tennis titles?
> 6 Name any one of the Water signs according to Western astrology.
Aquarius was a popular but wrong answer
> 7 The 1998 Disney film 'The Prince of Egypt' centres on the life of which biblical figure?
> 8 What connects Pioneer, Viking and Cassini?
> 9 The 1915 sinking of which British ocean liner hastened the United States’ entry into World War One?
> 10 Lucky the Leprechaun is the mascot of which NBA team?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 508
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 55 Gareth Owen
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 48 Mark Brader
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 51 Peter Smyth
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 52 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 53 Dan Blum
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 45 Bruce Bowler
0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 49 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 49 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 28 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 8 0 9 2 3 8 8 8 8 58 72%
Gareth noses it from the pack on 7.
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 16, 2017, 7:59:42 AM11/16/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
>
> Luzon Strait
> No-one got this. https://www.britannica.com/place/Luzon-Strait
>
It seems that people in this group have difficult to get things strait.
>> 3 Which body of water separates Taiwan from the Philippines?
>
> Luzon Strait
> No-one got this. https://www.britannica.com/place/Luzon-Strait
>
It was equally bad with India and Sri Lanka some time back.
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