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Calvin

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Oct 8, 2019, 7:54:47 PM10/8/19
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1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north east of Trinidad?
2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?
3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the role of Dr Peter Venkman in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role subsequently went to Bill Murray.
4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state does the singer leave for San Francisco?
5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of a contest between France and Italy in which sport?
6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?
7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?
8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?
9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian district of Limbang?
10 The centre court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named after which Australian tennis legend?


cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Oct 8, 2019, 9:04:45 PM10/8/19
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"Calvin":
> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north
> east of Trinidad?

Tobago.

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

Ante.

> 3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the role of Dr Peter
> Venkman in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role subsequently went
> to Bill Murray.

Belushi.

> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state
> does the singer leave for San Francisco?

New York?

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner
> of a contest between France and Italy in which sport?

Bicycle racing?

> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?

Belgium?

> 7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?

Black Sea.

> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max
> Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock.

> 9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian
> district of Limbang?

Brunei.

> 10 The centre court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named
> after which Australian tennis legend?

Laver?
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m...@vex.net | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002

Joe

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Oct 9, 2019, 1:24:43 AM10/9/19
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On 2019-10-08 23:54:46 +0000, Calvin said:

> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north east
> of Trinidad?

Jamaica?

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

Ante

> 3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the role of Dr Peter
> Venkman in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role subsequently went to
> Bill Murray.

Peter Sellers

> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state does the
> singer leave for San Francisco?

Geotgia

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of a
> contest between France and Italy in which sport?

Skiing

> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?

Finland

> 7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?

Black Sea

> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max
> Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock

> 9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian district
> of Limbang?
> 10 The centre court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named after
> which Australian tennis legend?

Rod Laver

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin

Too many wild guesses this round.


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withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.”
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Dan Blum

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Oct 9, 2019, 9:31:52 AM10/9/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north east of Trinidad?

Tobago

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

ante

> 3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the role of Dr Peter Venkman in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role subsequently went to Bill Murray.

John Belushi

> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state does the singer leave for San Francisco?

Massachusetts

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of a contest between France and Italy in which sport?

hide and seek
(well, logically it should be)

> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?

Belgium

> 7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?

Black Sea

> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock

> 9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian district of Limbang?

Brunei


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Erland Sommarskog

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Oct 9, 2019, 2:32:14 PM10/9/19
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north
> east of Trinidad?

Toboago

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

Entry bet

> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state does
> the singer leave for San Francisco?

Nebraska

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of
> a contest between France and Italy in which sport?

Sailing

> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?

USA

> 7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?

Black Sea

> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max
> Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock

> 9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian
> district of Limbang?

Brunei

> 10 The centre court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named
> after which Australian tennis legend?
>

Margaret Court

Pete Gayde

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Oct 9, 2019, 2:43:24 PM10/9/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:9e2136c7-9608-4939...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north
> east of Trinidad?

Aruba

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

Blind

> 3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the
> role of Dr Peter Venkman in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role
> subsequently went to Bill Murray.

Peter Sellers

> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The
> Dock of the Bay, which US state does the singer leave for San
> Francisco?

Texas

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to
> the winner of a contest between France and Italy in which sport?

Rugby

> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?
> 7 The
> so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?

Black Sea

> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max
> Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock

> 9 Which country is separated
> into two parts by the Malaysian district of Limbang?

Brunei

> 10 The centre
> court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named after which
> Australian tennis legend?

Laver

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

Mark Brader

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Oct 9, 2019, 6:20:09 PM10/9/19
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Pete Gayde:
> > 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?
>
> Blind

Hmm. That's correct as well, and if Wikipedia is correct (in the
article "Betting (poker)", there are additional terms in poker alone.
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Toronto moving at over half the speed of sound."
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Dan Tilque

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Oct 9, 2019, 10:23:34 PM10/9/19
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On 10/8/19 4:54 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north east of Trinidad?

Tobago

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

side bet

> 3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the role of Dr Peter Venkman in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role subsequently went to Bill Murray.
> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state does the singer leave for San Francisco?

Georgia

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of a contest between France and Italy in which sport?

tennis

> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?

Netherlands

> 7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?

Black Sea

> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock

> 9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian district of Limbang?

Brunei

> 10 The centre court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named after which Australian tennis legend?


--
Dan Tilque

Bruce Bowler

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Oct 10, 2019, 3:18:28 PM10/10/19
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On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:54:46 -0700, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north
east
> of Trinidad?

tobago

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

ante

> 3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the role of Dr Peter
Venkman
> in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role subsequently went to Bill
> Murray.
> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state does
the
> singer leave for San Francisco?

Georgia

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner
of a
> contest between France and Italy in which sport?
> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?

Belgium?

> 7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of
water?
> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max
Yasgur's
> dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock

> 9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian
district of
> Limbang?
> 10 The centre court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named
after
> which Australian tennis legend?

Laver

>
> cheers,
> calvin

Calvin

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Oct 18, 2019, 12:39:19 AM10/18/19
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On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 9:54:47 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which island with about 60,000 inhabitants lies some 40 km north east of Trinidad?

Tobago
There's a clue in the country name :-)

> 2 What term denotes a bet placed before any cards are dealt?

Ante or Blind

> 3 Which actor's death prevented him playing the role of Dr Peter Venkman in the 1981 film Ghostbusters? The role subsequently went to Bill Murray.

John Belushi

> 4 In the song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, which US state does the singer leave for San Francisco?

Georgia

> 5 The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of a contest between France and Italy in which sport?

Rugby union
Singleton for Pete

> 6 What country does the comic franchise The Smurfs hail from?

Belgium

> 7 The so-called Bulgarian Riviera is adjacent to which body of water?

Black Sea

> 8 Which legendary music festival was held in August 1969 at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in New York State, USA?

Woodstock

> 9 Which country is separated into two parts by the Malaysian district of Limbang?

Brunei

> 10 The centre court at the Melbourne Park tennis centre is named after which Australian tennis legend?

Rod Laver


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 577
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 38 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 34 Dan Blum
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 28 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 28 Bruce Bowler
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 31 Joe
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 27 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 24 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 5 2 3 1 3 6 7 5 4 42 60%

cheers,
calvin

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