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Calvin

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Jul 8, 2020, 5:34:30 PM7/8/20
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1 What specific role links actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton?
2 Which Prime Minster of the United Kingdom's last words were "I'm so bored with it all"?
3 Appropriately, which fruit provides the main flavouring for the liqueur Southern Comfort?
4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also regarded as the Father of Liberalism.
5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?
6 The long running New Zealand TV soap opera Shortland Street centres on what type of public institution?
7 Which British singer collaborated with Dire Straits on their 1985 hit Money For Nothing?
8 What is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia.
9 Which member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?
10 Which pop star has released over 30 albums including Impossible Princess (1997), Aphrodite (2010) and Golden (2018)?


cheers,
calvin

Erland Sommarskog

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Jul 8, 2020, 5:58:03 PM7/8/20
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 3 Appropriately, which fruit provides the main flavouring for the
> liqueur Southern Comfort?

Peach

> 4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises
> of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also
> regarded as the Father of Liberalism.

Hume

> 5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?

Lines that go on forever, approaching a point on one axis, but never
getting there.

> 8 What is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used
> as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of
> Central Asia.

Yurt

> 9 Which member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?

Terry Gilliam,

Dan Blum

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Jul 8, 2020, 8:27:11 PM7/8/20
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1 What specific role links actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton?

Queen Elizabeth II

> 2 Which Prime Minster of the United Kingdom's last words were "I'm so bored with it all"?

Thatcher

> 3 Appropriately, which fruit provides the main flavouring for the liqueur Southern Comfort?

orange

> 4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also regarded as the Father of Liberalism.

Rene Descartes

> 5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?

they're curved lines

> 6 The long running New Zealand TV soap opera Shortland Street centres on what type of public institution?

hospital

> 8 What is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt??and??used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia.

yurt

> 9 Which member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?

Terry Jones

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Pete Gayde

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Jul 8, 2020, 9:19:21 PM7/8/20
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
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> 1 What specific role links actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and
> Imelda Staunton?

Queen Elizabeth II

> 2 Which Prime Minster of the United Kingdom's
> last words were "I'm so bored with it all"?

Churchill

> 3 Appropriately, which
> fruit provides the main flavouring for the liqueur Southern Comfort?

Peach

> 4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises
> of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also
> regarded as the Father of Liberalism.

Descartes

> 5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?

Arc

> 6 The long running New Zealand TV
> soap opera Shortland Street centres on what type of public
> institution?

Hospital

> 7 Which British singer collaborated with Dire Straits
> on their 1985 hit Money For Nothing?

Sting

> 8 What is a portable, round
> tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several
> distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia.

Yurt

> 9 Which
> member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?

Terry Jones

> 10 Which pop star has released over 30 albums including Impossible
> Princess (1997), Aphrodite (2010) and Golden (2018)?

Mariah Carey

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

swp

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Jul 8, 2020, 9:26:57 PM7/8/20
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On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 5:34:30 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 What specific role links actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton?

queen elizabeth ii

> 2 Which Prime Minster of the United Kingdom's last words were "I'm so bored with it all"?

winston churchill

> 3 Appropriately, which fruit provides the main flavouring for the liqueur Southern Comfort?

orange?

> 4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also regarded as the Father of Liberalism.

john locke

> 5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?

mathematical curves

> 6 The long running New Zealand TV soap opera Shortland Street centres on what type of public institution?

hospital

> 7 Which British singer collaborated with Dire Straits on their 1985 hit Money For Nothing?

sting

> 8 What is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia.

yurt

> 9 Which member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?

terry jones, on the 21st

> 10 Which pop star has released over 30 albums including Impossible Princess (1997), Aphrodite (2010) and Golden (2018)?

kylie minogue

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin

swp, who thought #3 was a real peach of a question

Mark Brader

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Jul 9, 2020, 12:15:27 AM7/9/20
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"Calvin":
> 1 What specific role links actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and
> Imelda Staunton?

Queen Victoria, I think.

> 2 Which Prime Minster of the United Kingdom's last words were "I'm so
> bored with it all"?

Disraeli?

> 3 Appropriately, which fruit provides the main flavouring for the
> liqueur Southern Comfort?

Peach.

> 4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises of
> Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also
> regarded as the Father of Liberalism.
> 5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?

A hyperbola consists of a symmetrical arrangement of two curves, each
convex on one side which faces toward the other, like ") (". An asymptote
is a straight line. A hyperbola, for example, has two asymptotes, which
cross at the figure's center of symmetry, like ")X(".

> 6 The long running New Zealand TV soap opera Shortland Street centres on
> what type of public institution?

School?

> 7 Which British singer collaborated with Dire Straits on their 1985 hit
> Money For Nothing?
> 8 What is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used
> as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of
> Central Asia.

Yurt.

> 9 Which member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?

Gilliam.

> 10 Which pop star has released over 30 albums including Impossible
> Princess (1997), Aphrodite (2010) and Golden (2018)?

I'll try Katy Perry.
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R. Ess

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Jul 9, 2020, 11:31:23 AM7/9/20
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On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 14:34:29 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>1 What specific role links actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton?
Queen ELizabeth II
>2 Which Prime Minster of the United Kingdom's last words were "I'm so bored with it all"?
Sir Winston Churchill
>3 Appropriately, which fruit provides the main flavouring for the liqueur Southern Comfort?
Apricots
>4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also regarded as the Father of Liberalism.
John Locke
>5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?
asymetric arcs. Asymptotes run thru the 0,0 X,Y centerpoint, where
hyperbolas are mirror images of what would be the the asymptote and a
line perpendicular to the asymptote, never hitting the 0,0 X,Y
centerpoint.
>6 The long running New Zealand TV soap opera Shortland Street centres on what type of public institution?
>7 Which British singer collaborated with Dire Straits on their 1985 hit Money For Nothing?
Mark Knopfler
>8 What is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia.
Yurt
>9 Which member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?
Terry Jones
>10 Which pop star has released over 30 albums including Impossible Princess (1997), Aphrodite (2010) and Golden (2018)?
Kylie Minogue


ArenEss

>
>
>cheers,
>calvin

Calvin

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Jul 18, 2020, 6:02:34 PM7/18/20
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On Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 7:34:30 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 What specific role links actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton?

QEII (in The Crown)

> 2 Which Prime Minster of the United Kingdom's last words were "I'm so bored with it all"?

Winston Churchill

> 3 Appropriately, which fruit provides the main flavouring for the liqueur Southern Comfort?

Peach

> 4 The works of which philosopher (1632-1704) include Two Treatises of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? He is also regarded as the Father of Liberalism.

John Locke

> 5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?

Curves or arcs, or anything more descriptive

> 6 The long running New Zealand TV soap opera Shortland Street centres on what type of public institution?

Hospital

> 7 Which British singer collaborated with Dire Straits on their 1985 hit Money For Nothing?

Sting

> 8 What is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia.

Yurt / Ger

> 9 Which member of Monty Python sadly passed away on 31 January 2020?

Terry Jones
A lot of you were keen to seen the back of Terry Gilliam for some reason :-)
And that should be 21 Jan sorry as Stephen pointed out.

> 10 Which pop star has released over 30 albums including Impossible Princess (1997), Aphrodite (2010) and Golden (2018)?

Kylie Minogue

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 606
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 33 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 31 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 26 Aren Ess
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 23 Dan Blum
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 16 Mark Brader
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 16 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 2 4 2 6 3 2 6 4 2 35 58%

Congratulations Stephen.

cheers,
calvin

swp

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Jul 18, 2020, 7:20:30 PM7/18/20
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what did I answer on the secon question?

swp

Mark Brader

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Jul 18, 2020, 8:00:08 PM7/18/20
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"Calvin";
> > 5 In mathematics, what shape are asymptotes and hyperbolas?
>
> Curves or arcs, or anything more descriptive

No, asymptotes are straight lines. I am the only person who answered
this one correctly, though "ArenEss" was perhaps close enough to accept.
Everyone else should get 0.
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