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Calvin
May 30, 2017, 9:13:35 PM5/30/17
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1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed by a German firing squad?
8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
May 30, 2017, 10:58:26 PM5/30/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
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Pete Gayde
May 31, 2017, 12:08:01 AM5/31/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:0ccb2e3f-72b2-496a...@googlegroups.com:
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> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Mumbai
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface
> due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German
> town?
Oberammergau
> 4 What is the only
> US State that has the name of an English county in it?
New Hampshire
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
Terry Gilliam
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid
> diet?
Human
> 7 Which
> British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from
> occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed by a
> German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High
> Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
Resistance
> 10 William Burke and William Hare
> infamously traded which items?
Wives
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
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Pete Gayde
news:0ccb2e3f-72b2-496a...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface
> due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German
> town?
> 4 What is the only
> US State that has the name of an English county in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid
> diet?
> 7 Which
> British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from
> occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed by a
> German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High
> Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare
> infamously traded which items?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
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Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque
May 31, 2017, 12:08:18 AM5/31/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Gujarat
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed by a German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque
May 31, 2017, 12:10:54 AM5/31/17
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Dan Tilque wrote:
> Calvin wrote:
>> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
>> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
>
> Gujarat
Dammit. As soon as I hit "Send", I realized the answer is Goa.
> Calvin wrote:
>> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
>> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
>
> Gujarat
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Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
May 31, 2017, 1:45:31 AM5/31/17
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Calvin:
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its
> surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
9.8
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
Oberammergau. Actually, it has one *season* of performances every
10 years.
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
New Hampshire.
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
Gilliam.
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
Vampire bat?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers
> escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before
> being executed by a German firing squad?
Cavell.
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and
> "About a Boy" (1998)?
Johnson.
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
Electrical resistance.
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
Corpses.
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> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa?
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its
> surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
10 years.
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers
> escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before
> being executed by a German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and
> "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
--
Mark Brader "Do YOU trust US?"
Toronto "YES!! Well, we try to."
m...@vex.net -- A Walk in the Woods, by Lee Blessing
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Peter Smyth
May 31, 2017, 2:57:38 AM5/31/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface
> due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
>
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county
> in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
>
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
Humans
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
>
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers
> escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being
> executed by a German firing squad?
>
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and
> "About a Boy" (1998)?
Nick Hornby
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers
> escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being
> executed by a German firing squad?
>
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and
> "About a Boy" (1998)?
>
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
Resistance
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
>
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
Dead bodies
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
May 31, 2017, 3:18:25 AM5/31/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface
> due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county
> in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers
> escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being
> executed by a German firing squad?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
>
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Marc Dashevsky
May 31, 2017, 4:44:24 AM5/31/17
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In article <0ccb2e3f-72b2-496a...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
32
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
New Hampshire
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
Terry Gilliam
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed by a German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
electrical resistance
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
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>
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed by a German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Bruce
May 31, 2017, 9:39:21 AM5/31/17
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On Tue, 30 May 2017 18:13:34 -0700, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
Arabian
> Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
Arabian
> Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface
> due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in
> it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers
escape
> from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed
> by a German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High
> Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
Gareth Owen
Jun 1, 2017, 1:50:38 PM6/1/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the
> Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the
> acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface
> due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in
> it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers
> escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being
> executed by a German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and
> "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
Calvin
Jun 6, 2017, 12:07:34 AM6/6/17
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On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 11:13:35 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
Goa
> 1 Which Indian state, bounded by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea, is the smallest with an area of just 3,700 square km?
> 2 In metres per second squared, what is the value of "g", the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface due to gravity (to one decimal place)?
> 3 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in which German town?
And as Mark pointed out, it's one *season* of plays rather than one individual performance
> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county in it?
> 5 Which member of Monty Python directed the 1985 film "Brazil"?
> 6 Which is the only mammal that can exist on an entirely liquid diet?
but David Boon made me luagh :-)
https://tinyurl.com/yclbnwn5
> 7 Which British nurse [1865-1915] helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during the First World War before being executed by a German firing squad?
> 8 Which English author's works include "High Fidelity" (1995) and "About a Boy" (1998)?
> 9 What is measured using the SI unit ohms?
> 10 William Burke and William Hare infamously traded which items?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 488
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 52 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 54 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 55 Dan Blum
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 51 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 41 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 37 Bruce Bowler
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 31 Erland S
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 32 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 24 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 7 4 8 7 5 2 3 9 4 57 63%
Congratulations Gareth.
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Jun 6, 2017, 4:04:51 AM6/6/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county
>> in it?
>
> New Hampshire
>
And Kent-ucky!
>> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county
>> in it?
>
> New Hampshire
>
Please up my score by one.
Mark Brader
Jun 6, 2017, 6:08:14 AM6/6/17
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"Calvin":
> And Kent-ucky!
Ooh, well spotted! I actually went through all the states to see if
there were any more, and I still missed that one.
> Please up my score by one.
Yes, Calvin, do.
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m...@vex.net | mindless slogans in place of thought. --Chris Vernell
> >> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county
> >> in it?
> >
> > New Hampshire
Erland Sommarskog:
> >> in it?
> >
> > New Hampshire
> And Kent-ucky!
Ooh, well spotted! I actually went through all the states to see if
there were any more, and I still missed that one.
> Please up my score by one.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | Polly-ticks: Bloodsucking parasites that squawk
m...@vex.net | mindless slogans in place of thought. --Chris Vernell
Calvin
Jun 6, 2017, 9:49:26 PM6/6/17
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On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 6:04:51 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county
> >> in it?
> >
> > New Hampshire
> >
>
> And Kent-ucky!
Nice get! :-)
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> 4 What is the only US State that has the name of an English county
> >> in it?
> >
> > New Hampshire
> >
>
> And Kent-ucky!
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 488
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 55 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 56 Dan Blum
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 52 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 42 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 38 Bruce Bowler
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 40 Erland S
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 33 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 25 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 7 4 9 7 5 2 3 9 4 58 64%
cheers,
calvin
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