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Calvin
May 27, 2018, 9:10:25 PM5/27/18
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1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn’t live here anymore?
6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final
10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the Chicago Police Department?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
May 27, 2018, 9:29:21 PM5/27/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
South Africa
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn???t live here anymore?
Alice
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
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Mark Brader
May 27, 2018, 10:56:03 PM5/27/18
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"Calvin":
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
Australia?
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
Psy.
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
Frames per second.
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who
> doesn't live here anymore?
Alice.
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the
> narrator shoot a man in Reno?
Just to watch him die.
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
3. Unless it's 4. But I'll go with 3.
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
3 syllables in a first name ending in O, and 2 syllables in a 5-letter
surname ending in a vowel.
And maybe they all play soccer?
> 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA
> European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia
> 2-1 in the final
England?
> 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to
> the Chicago Police Department?
"Due South" (for reasons that don't need explaining now).
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Mark Brader "That's what progress is for. Progress
Toronto is for creating new forms of aggravation."
m...@vex.net -- Keith Jackson
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide
> structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein
> in the human body?
Collagen.
> structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein
> in the human body?
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who
> doesn't live here anymore?
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the
> narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
surname ending in a vowel.
And maybe they all play soccer?
> 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA
> European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia
> 2-1 in the final
> 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to
> the Chicago Police Department?
--
Mark Brader "That's what progress is for. Progress
Toronto is for creating new forms of aggravation."
m...@vex.net -- Keith Jackson
Gareth Owen
May 28, 2018, 2:16:22 AM5/28/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to
> connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human
> body?
Keratin?
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to
> connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human
> body?
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand
> for?
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn’t
> live here anymore?
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator
> shoot a man in Reno?
"just to watch him die"
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
3
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
> 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA
> European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1
> in the final
> 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the
> Chicago Police Department?
Peter Smyth
May 28, 2018, 5:37:33 AM5/28/18
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Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
Collagen
>
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
England
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
Psy
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
Frames Per Second
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn’t live here anymore?
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
3
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
Italian Prime Ministers
> 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final
France
> 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the Chicago Police Department?
Due South
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
May 28, 2018, 1:53:24 PM5/28/18
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
Absolutely not Sweden.
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who
Alice?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
If you want something more specific, I make my guess that they are all
professors in national economy. (Which I know Prodi is, and I would
assume that Monti is, given that he is head of ECB. I'm uncertain about
Letta though.)
> 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA
> European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in
> the final
Pete Gayde
May 28, 2018, 4:05:02 PM5/28/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f721cf58-a23e-45be...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure
> to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human
> body?
Cartilage
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international
> cricket?
New Zealand
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
Psy
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS
> stand for?
Frames per second
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese
> comedy, who doesn’t live here anymore?
Alice
> 6 In the country song
> 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
5
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
Italian politicians
> 9 Name either
> the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football
> Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final
France
> 10
> Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the
> Chicago Police Department?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:f721cf58-a23e-45be...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure
> to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human
> body?
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international
> cricket?
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS
> stand for?
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese
> comedy, who doesn’t live here anymore?
> 6 In the country song
> 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
> 9 Name either
> the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football
> Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final
> 10
> Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the
> Chicago Police Department?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Dan Tilque
May 28, 2018, 6:11:44 PM5/28/18
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
cartilage
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn’t live here anymore?
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
> 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final
> 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the Chicago Police Department?
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Dan Tilque
Calvin
Jun 5, 2018, 10:18:38 PM6/5/18
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On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 11:10:25 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
Collagen
> 1 Named from the Greek for "glue", it is used to provide structure to connective tissue. What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
> 2 Alec Bedser represented which country in international cricket?
> 3 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style famous in 2012?
> 4 What three word term does the video game abbreviation FPS stand for?
> 5 According to the title of a 1974 Martin Scorsese comedy, who doesn’t live here anymore?
> 6 In the country song 'Folsom Prison Blues', why does the narrator shoot a man in Reno?
> 7 How many sisters are members of Irish band The Corrs?
> 8 What links Romano Prodi, Mario Monti and Enrico Letta?
> 9 Name either the year or the host nation of the inaugural UEFA European Football Championship. The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final
> 10 Which 1990s TV series followed a Canadian Mountie assigned to the Chicago Police Department?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 521
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 23 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 25 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 23 Mark Brader
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 20 Dan Blum
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 16 Pete Gayde
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 13 Erland S
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
2 2 5 2 5 3 5 3 3 3 33 47%
Well that was a tough set. Congratulations Peter S.
cheers,
calvin
Gareth Owen
Jun 9, 2018, 7:34:41 AM6/9/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 521
> 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 23 Peter Smyth
> 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 25 Gareth Owen
Two 7/10 scores and a minimum number of mutually-correct answers...
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 521
> 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 23 Peter Smyth
> 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 25 Gareth Owen
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