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Calvin

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Jul 3, 2011, 10:01:41 PM7/3/11
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I'm gong to be interstate for a week so answers won't appear until after
that.


1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?
2 Who invented the aqualung?
3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?
4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?
5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?
6 Which sport uses an ocky?
7 How many square metres in a hectare?
8 Who shot John Lennon?
9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?
10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?


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Mark Brader

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Jul 3, 2011, 11:08:23 PM7/3/11
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"Calvin":

> I'm gong to be interstate for a week so answers won't appear until after
> that.

Well, that's better than if you died intestate and they didn't appear at all!


> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit.

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Cousteau.

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?

Minnelli.

> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

Intestate -- and I had *not* read down to this question when I made the
wisecrack above!

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

Coccyx.

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?

Well, it ought to be hocky, but it isn't. I'll try Australian football.

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

10,000.

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?

Hmm, I know this... and of course I know why... arrrrgh... (5 minutes later)
Hinckley!

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?

Glover.

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Ecuador.
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John Masters

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Jul 4, 2011, 12:58:44 AM7/4/11
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On 2011-07-04 03:01:41 +0100, Calvin said:

> I'm gong to be interstate for a week so answers won't appear until after that.
>
>
> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Jacques Cousteau

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?

Liza Minelli

> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

Intestate

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

Cocyx

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?

Darts

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

100

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?

Mark Chapman

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?

Danny Glover

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Peru
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Marc Dashevsky

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Jul 4, 2011, 2:24:34 AM7/4/11
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In article <op.vx2nw...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...

> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?
Detroit

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Jethro Tull or Lloyd Bridges

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?
> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

intestate

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

coccyx

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?
> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

1,000

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?

Mark Chapman

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?

Danny Glover

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Ecuador

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Erland Sommarskog

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Jul 4, 2011, 3:53:51 AM7/4/11
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Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Jethro Tull

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

10000

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Ecuador

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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

David

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Jul 4, 2011, 4:39:03 AM7/4/11
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1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit

2 Who invented the aqualung?

Jacques Cousteau

3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?

Liza Minnelli

4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

Intestate

5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

Coccyx

6 Which sport uses an ocky?

Darts

7 How many square metres in a hectare?

10,000

8 Who shot John Lennon?
9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?

Danny Glover

Stan Brown

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Jul 4, 2011, 7:42:25 AM7/4/11
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On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:01:41 +1000, Calvin wrote:
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> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Pope Pius XII

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?

That would be Iza Minnei, but Liza Minnelli played Sally Bowles. :-)

> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

Intestate.

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

Coccyx.

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?

Pope Pius XII

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

10 000

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?

Mark Chapman

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?

Danny Glover

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Ecuador

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Jeffrey Turner

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Jul 4, 2011, 10:10:38 AM7/4/11
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On 7/3/2011 10:01 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
> I'm gong to be interstate for a week so answers won't appear until after
> that.
>
>
> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?
Detroit

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?
Jacques Cousteau

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?
Liza Minelli

> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?
intestate (funny how you used a nearly identical word in your intro.)

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?
Coccyx

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?
hockey

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?
10,000

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?
After all it was Mark David Chapman

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?
Samuel L. Jackson

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?
Ecuador

--Jeff

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swp

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Jul 4, 2011, 10:10:38 AM7/4/11
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detroit
jack cousteau, with a consult by jethro tull
liza minelli
intestate
cocyx
sailing
ten thousand
jodie foster's boyfriend john hinckley
danny glover, joe pesci, and that dude who played the captain
ecuador

i'm not really here, you're imagining this. but it's nice to be missed.

swp

Peter Smyth

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Jul 4, 2011, 3:20:13 PM7/4/11
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"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vx2nw...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...

>
>
>I'm gong to be interstate for a week so answers won't appear until after
>that.
>
>
>1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?
Detroit

>2 Who invented the aqualung?
>3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?
>4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?
Intestate

>5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?
Pelvis

>6 Which sport uses an ocky?
Darts if you mean oche

>7 How many square metres in a hectare?
10000

>8 Who shot John Lennon?
Mark Chapman

>9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?
Danny Glover

>10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?
Ecuador

Peter Smyth

Rob Parker

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Jul 4, 2011, 7:00:27 PM7/4/11
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> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Jacques Cousteau

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?

Liza Minelli

> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

Intestate

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

Coccyx

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?

Water polo (?)

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

10,000

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?


Mark Chapman

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?

I can picture him (black; handsome) but no name comes to mind :-(

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Ecuador


Rob

björn lundin

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Jul 4, 2011, 6:55:59 PM7/4/11
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On 4 Juli, 04:01, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1       Which American city is also known as the Motor City?
Detroit

> 2       Who invented the aqualung?
Costau

> 7       How many square metres in a hectare?
10000

> 9       Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?
Danny Glover

> 10      Quito is the capital city of which South
Equador
/Björn

Dan Tilque

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Jul 5, 2011, 12:32:42 AM7/5/11
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Calvin wrote:
>
> I'm gong to be interstate for a week so answers won't appear until after
> that.
>
>
> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Jacques Cousteau

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?

Liza Minnelli

> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

intestate

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

tailbone

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?

field 'ockey

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

100

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?

Mark David Chapman

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?
> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Ecuador

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Dan Tilque

Calvin

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Jul 12, 2011, 11:27:34 PM7/12/11
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On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:01:41 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:


> 1 Which American city is also known as the Motor City?

Detroit
12/12

> 2 Who invented the aqualung?

Jacques Cousteau (among others, but not including Jethro Tull :-)
8/12

> 3 Which actress played Sally Bowes in the 1972 film Cabaret?

Liza Minnelli
8/12
And it should be "Bowles" as Stan pointed out.

> 4 What word describes a person who dies without having made a will?

Inte(r)state
10/12

> 5 Which bone is at the base of the human spine?

Coccyx, and I'll even accept tailbone
9/12

> 6 Which sport uses an ocky?

Darts
3/12
And it should be "oche". The questions are written to be read out, so I
don't always take as much care with spelling as I ought.

> 7 How many square metres in a hectare?

10,000
10/12

> 8 Who shot John Lennon?

Mark Chapman
9/12

> 9 Who co-starred with Mel Gibson in The Lethal Weapon films?

Danny Glover
8/12

> 10 Quito is the capital city of which South American country?

Ecuador
10/12


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 142
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 Bjorn Lundin
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 David
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Erland S
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 John Masters
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 Mark Brader
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 Rob Parker
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 Stan Brown
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
12 8 8 10 9 3 10 8 8 10 86 TOTAL
72%

Stephen returns yet Russ is absent. It's all very suspicious I tells ya.

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cheers,
calvin

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