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Calvin
Aug 17, 2017, 8:19:54 PM8/17/17
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1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
2 ‘The Moon's A Balloon’ (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which British actor?
3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
7 What's the capital city of Mali?
8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an astronaut?
9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Aug 17, 2017, 8:42:13 PM8/17/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2 ?The Moon's A Balloon? (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which British actor?
Peter Sellers
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
prima donna
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
eagle
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
Irish
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
ventral
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
Bamako
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country?s equivalent of an astronaut? ??
China
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
Azerbaijan
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
> 2 ?The Moon's A Balloon? (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which British actor?
Peter Sellers
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country?s equivalent of an astronaut? ??
China
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
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Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Aug 17, 2017, 11:13:07 PM8/17/17
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Calvin:
> 2 'The Moon's A Balloon' (1971) was the best-selling
> memoir of which British actor?
Niven.
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an
> Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
Diva.
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
Brigitte Bardot. :-)
Gung wbxr znl erdhver na rkcynangvba orfvqrf gur boivbhf qbhoyr zrnavat
bs "oveq". Nabgure angvbany flzoby bs Senapr vf na vqrnyvmrq jbzna
anzrq, V guvax, Znevnaar, jubfr vzntr vf be unf orra hfrq va gur fnzr
fbeg bs jnl gung gur HF hfrq gb chg vzntrf bs "Yvoregl" nf n jbzna ba
pbvaf naq fhpu orsber gurl fjvgpurq gb hfvat erny crbcyr. Ohg gur
vzntrf bs Znevnaar bire gvzr unir orra onfrq ba qvssrerag erny jbzra,
naq, vs V erzrzore pbeerpgyl, Oneqbg jnf bar bs gurz.
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown,
> best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
Irish.
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
Ventricles.
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
Bamako.
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country's equivalent of an astronaut?
Malian. :-) Actually Chinese.
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
Johnson and Johnson. :-)
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is
> the shortest, barely 20km in length?
Pakistan?
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Toronto | If they *don't* explain themselves,
m...@vex.net | you'll have to read them." -- Michael Wares
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're
> trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
"We've Lost That Loving Feeling".
> trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 2 'The Moon's A Balloon' (1971) was the best-selling
> memoir of which British actor?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an
> Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
Gung wbxr znl erdhver na rkcynangvba orfvqrf gur boivbhf qbhoyr zrnavat
bs "oveq". Nabgure angvbany flzoby bs Senapr vf na vqrnyvmrq jbzna
anzrq, V guvax, Znevnaar, jubfr vzntr vf be unf orra hfrq va gur fnzr
fbeg bs jnl gung gur HF hfrq gb chg vzntrf bs "Yvoregl" nf n jbzna ba
pbvaf naq fhpu orsber gurl fjvgpurq gb hfvat erny crbcyr. Ohg gur
vzntrf bs Znevnaar bire gvzr unir orra onfrq ba qvssrerag erny jbzra,
naq, vs V erzrzore pbeerpgyl, Oneqbg jnf bar bs gurz.
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown,
> best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country's equivalent of an astronaut?
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is
> the shortest, barely 20km in length?
--
Mark Brader | "[These] articles should be self-explanatory.
Toronto | If they *don't* explain themselves,
m...@vex.net | you'll have to read them." -- Michael Wares
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader
Aug 17, 2017, 11:13:44 PM8/17/17
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Dan Blum:
> prima donna
Hmm. I think my answer and Dan's may both be right.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself
m...@vex.net | to think. --Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
> prima donna
Hmm. I think my answer and Dan's may both be right.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself
m...@vex.net | to think. --Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
Mark Brader
Aug 17, 2017, 11:16:07 PM8/17/17
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Mark Brader:
I think I was predisposed to my answer because it was also an answer on
a 1982-ish rerun of "The New $25,000 Pyramid" that I watched earlier today.
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Mark Brader, Toronto "More importantly, Mark is just plain wrong."
m...@vex.net -- John Hollingsworth
> Hmm. I think my answer and Dan's may both be right.
Or maybe I just have trouble counting to 2. :-(
I think I was predisposed to my answer because it was also an answer on
a 1982-ish rerun of "The New $25,000 Pyramid" that I watched earlier today.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "More importantly, Mark is just plain wrong."
m...@vex.net -- John Hollingsworth
Dan Tilque
Aug 18, 2017, 2:56:04 AM8/18/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by the Righteous Brothers
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 2 ‘The Moon's A Balloon’ (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which British actor?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an astronaut?
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 18, 2017, 3:19:03 AM8/18/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're
> trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
You've Lost that Loving Feeling
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're
> trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and
> someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best
> known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an astronaut?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the
> shortest, barely 20km in length?
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 18, 2017, 3:23:30 AM8/18/17
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Mark Brader:
>> Hmm. I think my answer and Dan's may both be right.
>
> Or maybe I just have trouble counting to 2. :-(
I also had some problems getting the count right, since in Swedish we
> Mark Brader:
>> Hmm. I think my answer and Dan's may both be right.
>
> Or maybe I just have trouble counting to 2. :-(
write it as a single word. So I was sort of predisposed to think it would
be the same in English. But obviously not in Italian.
Marc Dashevsky
Aug 18, 2017, 3:51:06 AM8/18/17
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In article <8b3045d4-d78d-4b4f...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 ?The Moon's A Balloon? (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which British actor?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
Irish
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
ventricle
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
You've Lost That Loving Feeling
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 2 ?The Moon's A Balloon? (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which British actor?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
prima donna
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country?s equivalent of an astronaut?
Japan
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Peter Smyth
Aug 18, 2017, 7:27:53 AM8/18/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying
> hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying
> hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
You've Lost That Loving Feeling
> 2 ‘The Moon's A Balloon’ (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which
> British actor?
Laurence Olivier
> British actor?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and
> someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
Diva seems to fit the clues, but not sure what the second word would be?
> someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
>
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known
> for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
Irish
>
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known
> for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
Ventricles
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
Timbuktu
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an astronaut?
China
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
>
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the
> shortest, barely 20km in length?
North Korea
>
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the
> shortest, barely 20km in length?
Peter Smyth
Pete Gayde
Aug 18, 2017, 2:18:13 PM8/18/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:8b3045d4-d78d-4b4f...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're
> trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer
> in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
Prima donna
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
Rooster
> 5 What nationality
> was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954
> autobiography "My Left Foot"?
Irish
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the
> two lower chambers of the heart?
Ventricle
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
Bamako
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an
> astronaut?
Japan
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14
> countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
Poland
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:8b3045d4-d78d-4b4f...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're
> trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
You've Lost that Loving Feeling
> 2 ‘The
> Moon's A Balloon’ (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which
> British actor?
Peter Sellers
> Moon's A Balloon’ (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which
> British actor?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer
> in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality
> was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954
> autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the
> two lower chambers of the heart?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an
> astronaut?
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14
> countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Gareth Owen
Aug 18, 2017, 2:30:33 PM8/18/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying
> hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
You've Lost That Living Feeling
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying
> hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 2 ‘The Moon's A Balloon’ (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which
> British actor?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and
> someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known
> for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an astronaut?
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the
> shortest, barely 20km in length?
Calvin
Aug 24, 2017, 9:03:08 PM8/24/17
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On Friday, August 18, 2017 at 10:19:54 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
> 1 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following lines: You're trying hard not to show it / But baby, baby I know it?
> 2 ‘The Moon's A Balloon’ (1971) was the best-selling memoir of which British actor?
> 3 What 2-word term is both a leading female singer in an Opera, and someone who is temperamental and hard to please?
> 4 Which bird is the national symbol of France?
> 5 What nationality was the writer and artist Christy Brown, best known for his 1954 autobiography "My Left Foot"?
> 6 In humans, what term refers to the two lower chambers of the heart?
> 7 What's the capital city of Mali?
> 8 A Taikonaut is which country’s equivalent of an astronaut?
> 9 Which two singers duetted on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
Singleton for Gareth
> 10 Russia shares land borders with some 14 countries. Which is the shortest, barely 20km in length?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 499
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 36 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 32 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 22 Erland S
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 22 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 24 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 25 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 31 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 20 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 3 5 2 6 7 4 5 1 3 43 54%
Congratulations Gareth.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Aug 27, 2017, 7:24:07 PM8/27/17
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"Calvin":
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> 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 22 Mark Brader
And #8?
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Calvin
Aug 27, 2017, 10:10:07 PM8/27/17
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On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 9:24:07 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 22 Mark Brader
>
> And #8?
Your first answer was clearly a joke, so yes!
> "Calvin":
> > 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 22 Mark Brader
>
> And #8?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 499
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 30 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 32 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 22 Erland S
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 22 Erland S
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 24 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 25 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 31 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 20 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 3 5 2 6 7 4 6 1 3 44 55%
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 25 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 31 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 20 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
cheers,
calvin
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