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Calvin
Mar 23, 2015, 6:56:26 AM3/23/15
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1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
cheers,
calvin
2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Mar 23, 2015, 9:14:27 AM3/23/15
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"Calvin":
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
Johnson?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
Mt. Cook.
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
Hedren.
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
2000?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
Venus.
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
Leg before wicket?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
Florence.
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
Lee?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
"Dune".
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| to move something in a profound way." -- Barry Kort
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> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
Cayenne.
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
--
Mark Brader | "Mechanics, musicians, and programmers all know
Toronto | how to arrange numerous small units into logical
m...@vex.net | patterns such that the arrangement has the power
| to move something in a profound way." -- Barry Kort
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Peter Smyth
Mar 23, 2015, 2:38:15 PM3/23/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
Cayenne
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was
> recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
Rebecca Brooks
> recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's
> highest mountain?
Mount Doom
> highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film
> The Birds?
Hedren
> The Birds?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
1986
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
Venus
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
Leg Bye
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
Florence
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
Lee
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the
> best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
Dune
> best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 23, 2015, 3:24:49 PM3/23/15
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In article <9cfb87d3-b28e-4f38...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
Brooks
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
Tippi Hendren
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
2008
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
Mars
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
Firenze
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
Ang Lee
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
Dune
> cheers,
> calvin
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
Cayenne
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
> cheers,
> calvin
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Björn Lundin
Mar 23, 2015, 4:48:24 PM3/23/15
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On 2015-03-23 11:56, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
Cayenne
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
Peak Mordor?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
1983
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
Venus
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
Venice
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
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> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
--
Björn
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 23, 2015, 6:07:09 PM3/23/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
Cayenne
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was
> recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the
> best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Mar 23, 2015, 9:34:28 PM3/23/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
Cayenne
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
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Dan Tilque
Pete
Mar 24, 2015, 11:13:10 PM3/24/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:9cfb87d3-b28e-4f38...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche
> model?
Cayenne
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun
> newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's
> highest mountain?
Mt Cook
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963
> Hitchcock film The Birds?
Tippi Hedren
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
1991
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
Venus
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the
> abbreviation "LB" stand for?
Leg Bowled
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
Florence
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
Ang Lee
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a
> series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
Dune
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
news:9cfb87d3-b28e-4f38...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche
> model?
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun
> newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's
> highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963
> Hitchcock film The Birds?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the
> abbreviation "LB" stand for?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a
> series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
Calvin
Mar 28, 2015, 11:11:18 PM3/28/15
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On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 8:56:26 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
Cayenne
> 1 Which South American city is also a hot spice and a Porsche model?
> 2 Which flame-haired former editor of Britain's Sun newspaper was recently cleared of phone-hacking charges?
> 3 Standing over 3,750m high, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
> 4 Which actress played the female lead in the 1963 Hitchcock film The Birds?
> 5 In which year did Prince Andrew marry Sarah Ferguson?
> 6 Which planet comes closest to Earth at its nearest point?
> 7 On a cricket scorecard, what does the abbreviation "LB" stand for?
> 8 The Uffizi gallery is located in which Italian city?
> 9 Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
> 10 Which 1965 book by Frank Herbert, the first in a series, is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 385
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 37 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 36 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 36 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 29 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 29 Erland S
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 22 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 2 3 4 1 6 1 5 5 6 40 57%
Two singletons give Peter the win.
cheers,
calvin
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