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Calvin
May 4, 2017, 8:57:18 PM5/4/17
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1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
May 4, 2017, 9:08:00 PM5/4/17
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"Calvin":
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for,
> which 1897 science fiction novel?
"The War of the Worlds"?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
Devo?
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester
> Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
"You've Got Me There, Calvin".
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight
> across the Atlantic Ocean?
1927.
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
Greece.
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint
> of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
Luke?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
4.
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
Asia?
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful"
> concerns the life and career of which American composer and
> singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
King?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
m...@vex.net --Walt Disney
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
Manchester United?
> football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for,
> which 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester
> Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight
> across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint
> of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful"
> concerns the life and career of which American composer and
> singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
m...@vex.net --Walt Disney
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
May 4, 2017, 9:32:43 PM5/4/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
Arsenal
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
The War of the Worlds
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
Men At Work
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
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Don Piven
May 4, 2017, 10:30:25 PM5/4/17
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On 5/4/17 19:57, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
War of the Worlds.
>
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
Men At Work.
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
1927.
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
Greece.
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
St Luke.
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
Four.
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
Europe.
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
Carole King.
Dan Tilque
May 5, 2017, 12:35:21 AM5/5/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
Man U ??
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
Dan Tilque
Gareth Owen
May 5, 2017, 1:37:27 AM5/5/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
Manchester United
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which
> 1897 science fiction novel?
(Richard Burton! Justin Hayward! Phil Lynnot! Erm ... David Essex!)
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as
> Usual"?
(its the one with "Down Under" on it. My sister had it on cassette)
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester
> Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight
> across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of
> artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
(All John Brown is dead and gone,
His face you'll see no more,
For what he thought was H2O,
Was H2SO4)
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns
> the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter
> (b. 1942)?
Gareth Owen
May 5, 2017, 1:39:01 AM5/5/17
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
>> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
>
> Devo?
Devo were from Cleveland.
>> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
>
> Devo?
Marc Dashevsky
May 5, 2017, 2:09:02 AM5/5/17
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In article <414f575c-a00a-401e...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
4
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
Europe
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
1927
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Mark Brader
May 5, 2017, 2:48:08 AM5/5/17
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Gareth Owen:
> Devo were from Cleveland.
Your palindrome needs work. :-)
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> Devo were from Cleveland.
Your palindrome needs work. :-)
--
Mark Brader | "While President Obama isn't from Kenya, he is a Keynesian--
Toronto | so you can see where the confusion arises."
m...@vex.net | --Supreme Court brief by Cato Inst. & P.J. O'Rourke
Erland Sommarskog
May 5, 2017, 3:09:27 AM5/5/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
Everton
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which
> 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight
> across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of
> artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Peter Smyth
May 5, 2017, 1:01:29 PM5/5/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
Manchester United
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which
> 1897 science fiction novel?
War of the Worlds
> 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
AC/DC
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester
> Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
>
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight
> across the Atlantic Ocean?
1932
> Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
>
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight
> across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
Italy
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of
> artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
Mark
> artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
4
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
Europe
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns
> the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter
> (b. 1942)?
Carole King
> the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter
> (b. 1942)?
Peter Smyth
Gareth Owen
May 5, 2017, 1:31:42 PM5/5/17
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> Gareth Owen:
>> Devo were from Cleveland.
>
> Your palindrome needs work. :-)
Able was I ere I saw Akron
> Gareth Owen:
>> Devo were from Cleveland.
>
> Your palindrome needs work. :-)
Pete Gayde
May 7, 2017, 5:26:16 PM5/7/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:414f575c-a00a-401e...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
Manchester United
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was
> based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
The Time Machine
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as
Usual"?
Men at Work
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester
> Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh
> make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
1927
> 6 The
> Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
Greece
> 7 Also
> the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists,
> physicians and surgeons, among others?
St. John
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
6
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
Europe
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox
> musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American
> composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
Carole King
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
> ---
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Pete Gayde
news:414f575c-a00a-401e...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English
> football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was
> based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as
Usual"?
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester
> Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh
> make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The
> Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also
> the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists,
> physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox
> musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American
> composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
> http://www.avg.com
>
>
Pete Gayde
ArenEss
May 8, 2017, 2:06:21 PM5/8/17
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On Thu, 4 May 2017 17:57:17 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
Manchester United?
>2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
War of the World?
>3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
Men At Work
>4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
Victory
>5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
1927
>6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
Greece
>7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
Luke
>8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
Four
>9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
Europe
>10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
Carole King
>
>cheers,
>calvin
ArenEss
wrote:
>
>1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
>2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
>3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
>4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
>5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
>6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
>7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
>8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
>9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
>10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
>
>cheers,
>calvin
ArenEss
Calvin
May 11, 2017, 9:30:24 PM5/11/17
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On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 10:57:18 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
Manchester United
> 1 George Best made more that 350 appearances for which English football (soccer) club?
> 2 Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album was based on, and named for, which 1897 science fiction novel?
The War of the Worlds
> 3 Which Australian band released the 1981 album "Business as Usual"?
Men At Work
> 4 Which 1981 John Huston film starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Pelé?
> 5 In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
> 6 The Mediterranean island of Santorini is part of which nation?
> 7 Also the author of one of the Gospels, who is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons, among others?
> 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> 9 Which continent is named after a mythological princess?
> 10 First performed in 2013, the jukebox musical "Beautiful" concerns the life and career of which American composer and singer-songwriter (b. 1942)?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 485
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 66 Aren Ess
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 49 Don Piven
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 51 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 44 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 45 Dan Blum
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 31 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 38 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 44 Mark Brader
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 19 Erland S
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 14 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 8 6 2 6 8 6 8 9 6 65 65%
Congratulations Aren, if that is your real name :-)
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
May 11, 2017, 9:51:40 PM5/11/17
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"Calvin":
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can be gullible about these kinds of things.
m...@vex.net | Or so people tell me, and I believe them."
> > 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
>
> 4 [H2SO4]
Ahem.
>
> 4 [H2SO4]
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can be gullible about these kinds of things.
m...@vex.net | Or so people tell me, and I believe them."
Calvin
May 15, 2017, 12:30:07 AM5/15/17
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On Friday, May 12, 2017 at 11:51:40 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > > 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> >
> > 4 [H2SO4]
>
> Ahem.
Apologies, pretty unlikely that you would have missed that one.
> "Calvin":
> > > 8 How many oxygen atoms are in one sulphuric acid molecule?
> >
> > 4 [H2SO4]
>
> Ahem.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 485
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 66 Aren Ess
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 49 Don Piven
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 51 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 44 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 45 Dan Blum
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 31 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 38 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 38 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 19 Erland S
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 14 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 8 6 2 6 8 6 9 9 6 66 66%
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 14 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
cheers,
calvin
Calvin
May 18, 2017, 9:38:49 PM5/18/17
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Aargh- that TB error has happened again. Re-revised scores:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 485
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 66 Aren Ess
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 58 Don Piven
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 49 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 52 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 52 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 41 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 46 Peter Smyth
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 34 Erland S
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 24 Marc Dashevsky
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