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Calvin
May 8, 2020, 2:12:11 AM5/8/20
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1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'?
3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries?
4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Wernham-Hogg is to which city located 20 miles west of London?
5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and his son Arthur?
6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are set in which U.S. city?
7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in which classic British sitcom?
8 What two-word term can refer to a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, a 1983 song and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter word refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social and racial justice?
10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh"?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
May 8, 2020, 2:45:56 AM5/8/20
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"Calvin":
> 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the
> Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'?
Ukulele.
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries?
SWEDEN and FINLAND.
> 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Wernham-Hogg is
> to which city located 20 miles west of London?
Slough. It's where you change trains when traveling from London
Paddington to Windsor.
> 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and
> his son Arthur?
Pendragon.
> 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are set in
> which U.S. city?
San Francisco.
> 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in which classic British sitcom?
"Fawlty Towers".
> 8 What two-word term can refer to a battle cry used by
> Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, a 1983 song
> and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
"Rebel Yell".
> 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter
> word refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social
> and racial justice?
"Woke".
> 10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen sensations
> from Edinburgh"?
No idea, but since I liked "Love Actually", I'll try the Bay City Rollers.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "These Millennia are like buses."
m...@vex.net --Arwel Parry
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is
> located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
This time I remember! It's Taupo.
> located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
> 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the
> Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'?
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries?
> 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Wernham-Hogg is
> to which city located 20 miles west of London?
Paddington to Windsor.
> 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and
> his son Arthur?
> 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are set in
> which U.S. city?
> 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in which classic British sitcom?
> 8 What two-word term can refer to a battle cry used by
> Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, a 1983 song
> and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
> 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter
> word refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social
> and racial justice?
> 10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen sensations
> from Edinburgh"?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "These Millennia are like buses."
m...@vex.net --Arwel Parry
Mark Brader
May 8, 2020, 3:05:42 AM5/8/20
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Mark Brader:
> This time I remember!
(Cf. RQ 255, in 2017.)
--
Mark Brader | "Nothing is more sacrosanct than our professional ethics.
Toronto | Fortunately, I know a trick to get around them."
m...@vex.net | --Niles Crane, "Frasier" (Ranberg & Flett-Giordano)
> This time I remember!
(Cf. RQ 255, in 2017.)
--
Mark Brader | "Nothing is more sacrosanct than our professional ethics.
Toronto | Fortunately, I know a trick to get around them."
m...@vex.net | --Niles Crane, "Frasier" (Ranberg & Flett-Giordano)
Dan Blum
May 8, 2020, 9:21:58 AM5/8/20
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'?
ukelele
> 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'?
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries?
> 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and his son Arthur?
> 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are set in which U.S. city?
> 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in which classic British sitcom?
> 8 What two-word term can refer to a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, a 1983 song and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
> 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter word refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social and racial justice?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
May 8, 2020, 1:57:25 PM5/8/20
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located
> in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
Taupo
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located
> in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
> 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian
> for 'jumping flea'?
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries?
> 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Wernham-Hogg is to
> which city located 20 miles west of London?
Pete Gayde
May 8, 2020, 5:58:06 PM5/8/20
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:e713e8dc-8a0c-4320...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is
> located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
Lake Taupo
> 2 Which
> stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for
> 'jumping flea'?
Ukulele
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO
> European countries?
Sweden and Finland
> 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania
> as Wernham-Hogg is to which city located 20 miles west of London?
Slough
> 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and his
son
> Arthur?
Pendragon
> 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are
> set in which U.S. city?
San Diego
> 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in
> which classic British sitcom?
Fawlty Towers
> 8 What two-word term can refer to a
> battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War,
> a 1983 song and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
Rebel yell
> 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter word
> refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social and racial
> justice?
Woke
> 10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen
> sensations from Edinburgh"?
Bay City Rollers
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:e713e8dc-8a0c-4320...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is
> located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
> 2 Which
> stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for
> 'jumping flea'?
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO
> European countries?
> 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania
> as Wernham-Hogg is to which city located 20 miles west of London?
> 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and his
son
> Arthur?
> 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are
> set in which U.S. city?
> 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in
> which classic British sitcom?
> 8 What two-word term can refer to a
> battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War,
> a 1983 song and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
> 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter word
> refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social and racial
> justice?
> 10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen
> sensations from Edinburgh"?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque
May 10, 2020, 8:01:02 PM5/10/20
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On 5/7/20 11:12 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
Taupo
>
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
> 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'?
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries?
> 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Wernham-Hogg is to which city located 20 miles west of London?
> 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and his son Arthur?
> 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are set in which U.S. city?
> 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in which classic British sitcom?
> 8 What two-word term can refer to a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, a 1983 song and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
> 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter word refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social and racial justice?
> 10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh"?
Dan Tilque
Calvin
May 13, 2020, 8:13:07 PM5/13/20
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On Friday, May 8, 2020 at 4:12:11 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
Lake Taupo
> 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located in almost the exact centre of the North Island?
And yes, I have asked this one before, in a RQ
> 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'?
> 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries?
> 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Wernham-Hogg is to which city located 20 miles west of London?
Settings for The Office, US and UK versions
> 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and his son Arthur?
> 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are set in which U.S. city?
> 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in which classic British sitcom?
> 8 What two-word term can refer to a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, a 1983 song and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky?
> 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter word refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social and racial justice?
> 10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh"?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB 598
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 35 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 32 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 28 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 23 Dan Blum
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 5 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 2 35 70%
Congratulations Mark on a clear round (and considerable improvement on CQ #597).
cheers,
calvin
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