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Calvin
Jul 27, 2015, 5:18:06 AM7/27/15
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1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
cheers,
calvin
2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Jul 27, 2015, 6:16:54 AM7/27/15
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Calvin:
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of
> second and third century AD wars?
Punic.
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its
> name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a
> brand, company, or celebrity?
Q.
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical
> term for the smallest controllable element of a picture
> represented on a screen?
Pixel.
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
Caligula.
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British
> author and soldier?
Owen.
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and
> The Van (1991)?
Doyle.
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
No idea. "Green under repair"?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that
> have been King of England/Britain?
What, you didn't want to repeat the sonnet question? :-)
14.
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off
> Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
River Plate. (Which is to say, Rio de la Plata.)
--
Mark Brader "That's what progress is for. Progress
Toronto is for creating new forms of aggravation."
m...@vex.net -- Keith Jackson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
Marat?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of
> second and third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its
> name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a
> brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical
> term for the smallest controllable element of a picture
> represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British
> author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and
> The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that
> have been King of England/Britain?
14.
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off
> Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
--
Mark Brader "That's what progress is for. Progress
Toronto is for creating new forms of aggravation."
m...@vex.net -- Keith Jackson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader
Jul 27, 2015, 6:19:09 AM7/27/15
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"Calvin":
that Berlin is on. The man the ship was named after was Graf *Spee*.
--
Mark Brader | Does anybody seriously believe that if a bunch of horses
Toronto | saw a giant egg broken into pieces, their response would
m...@vex.net | be: "Hey! Let's try to reassemble this!"? --Dave Barry
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo
Oh... Spree is a German name, but what it's the name of is the river
that Berlin is on. The man the ship was named after was Graf *Spee*.
--
Mark Brader | Does anybody seriously believe that if a bunch of horses
Toronto | saw a giant egg broken into pieces, their response would
m...@vex.net | be: "Hey! Let's try to reassemble this!"? --Dave Barry
Björn Lundin
Jul 27, 2015, 7:09:08 AM7/27/15
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On 2015-07-27 11:18, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
The Punic wars
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
Pixel
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
Caligula
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
11
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
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>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
--
Björn
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 27, 2015, 7:14:09 AM7/27/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
Rosseau?
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and
> third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score
> measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the
> smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been
> King of England/Britain?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 27, 2015, 10:25:53 AM7/27/15
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In article <1f7c2255-d6aa-4761...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
T
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
pixel
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
Caligula
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
19
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
Punic
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 27, 2015, 11:17:52 AM7/27/15
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In article <MPG.301ffb6d6...@news.eternal-september.org>, use...@MarcDashevsky.com says...
>
> In article <1f7c2255-d6aa-4761...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> > 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
> Punic
Is that "AD" supposed to be "BC"?
> In article <1f7c2255-d6aa-4761...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> > 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
> Punic
Chris F.A. Johnson
Jul 27, 2015, 1:10:03 PM7/27/15
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On 2015-07-27, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
Marquis de Sade
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Peter Smyth
Jul 27, 2015, 2:07:10 PM7/27/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
Victor Hugo
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and
> third century AD wars?
Punic
> third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a
> score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or
> celebrity?
Q
> score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or
> celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the
> smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
Pixel
> smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
Caligula
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and
> soldier?
Wilfred Owen
> soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van
> (1991)?
Roddy Doyle
> (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
Never heard of GUR, do you mean GIR (Greens In Regulation)?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King
> of England/Britain?
14
> of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo
> following which 1939 WW2 battle?
Peter Smyth
> following which 1939 WW2 battle?
Mark Brader
Jul 27, 2015, 2:12:53 PM7/27/15
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"Calvin":
POP CULTURE, they asked:
# IN THE NEW MOVIE "PIXELS",
# ALIENS SEND OUR OWN
# VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS TO
# MENACE EARTH, INCLUDING
# THIS ONE SEEN HERE
and showed a few seconds of video. After one of the players had
correctly named the character, Alex Trebek added%: "And that movie
opens today". And then the word turns up here. HMMM!
% - Actually there was a quick cut before and after he said that,
suggesting that the planned opening date had been changed since the
show was recorded, or alternatively that he'd omitted to mention the
opening date but saying it was the quid pro quo for using the clip;
and that, in either case, it was then corrected before broadcast.
--
Mark Brader | "To a guy, an RGB value is three bits rather than bytes.
Toronto | ...000 Black, 001 Blue, 010 Green, ..., 111 White."
m...@vex.net |
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the
> smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
On the most recent (Friday's) episode of "Jeopardy!", in the category
> smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
POP CULTURE, they asked:
# IN THE NEW MOVIE "PIXELS",
# ALIENS SEND OUR OWN
# VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS TO
# MENACE EARTH, INCLUDING
# THIS ONE SEEN HERE
and showed a few seconds of video. After one of the players had
correctly named the character, Alex Trebek added%: "And that movie
opens today". And then the word turns up here. HMMM!
% - Actually there was a quick cut before and after he said that,
suggesting that the planned opening date had been changed since the
show was recorded, or alternatively that he'd omitted to mention the
opening date but saying it was the quid pro quo for using the clip;
and that, in either case, it was then corrected before broadcast.
--
Mark Brader | "To a guy, an RGB value is three bits rather than bytes.
Toronto | ...000 Black, 001 Blue, 010 Green, ..., 111 White."
m...@vex.net |
Dan Tilque
Jul 28, 2015, 2:25:33 AM7/28/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
de Sade
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
Dan Tilque
Pete
Jul 28, 2015, 7:08:40 PM7/28/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1f7c2255-d6aa-4761...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second
> and third century AD wars?
Punic Wars
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the
> alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and
> appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging,
> what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable
> element of a picture represented on a screen?
Pixel
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
Caligula
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917
> poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and
> The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
Ground Under Repair
> 9 What is the sum of
> Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
15
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off
> Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
news:1f7c2255-d6aa-4761...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second
> and third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the
> alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and
> appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging,
> what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable
> element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917
> poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and
> The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of
> Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off
> Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Gareth Owen
Jul 29, 2015, 1:42:59 AM7/29/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
Victor Hugo?
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and
> third century AD wars?
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score
> measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or
> celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the
> smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and
> soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van
> (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King
> of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo
> following which 1939 WW2 battle?
Calvin
Aug 5, 2015, 5:03:24 AM8/5/15
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On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7:18:06 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
Marquis de Sade
> 1 Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylum in 1814?
> 2 Rome and Carthage fought each other in which series of second and third century AD wars?
That should be *BC* as Marc pointed out.
> 3 In marketing, which letter of the alphabet gives its name to a score measuring the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, or celebrity?
> 4 In digital imaging, what five-letter is the technical term for the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen?
> 5 Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Senator?
> 6 Dulce et Decorum est is a 1917 poem by which British author and soldier?
> 7 Which author's works include The Commitments (1987) and The Van (1991)?
> 8 What do the initials G.U.R. signify on a golf course?
Singleton for Pete
> 9 What is the sum of Charles, Williams and Henrys that have been King of England/Britain?
> 10 The German battleship The Graf Spree was scuttled off Montevideo following which 1939 WW2 battle?
And it's Graf *Spee* as Mark explained.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 403
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 44 Chris Johnson
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 45 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 42 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 42 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 36 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 27 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 Bjorn Lundin
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
2 9 5 9 8 4 4 1 3 3 48 53%
Chris pips Mark in a tough one. Apologies for the errors.
cheers,
calvin
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