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Calvin
Jun 26, 2017, 7:12:24 PM6/26/17
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1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
cheers,
calvin
2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
cheers,
calvin
swp
Jun 26, 2017, 9:33:04 PM6/26/17
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On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 7:12:24 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
swp who was inspired to enter by Calvin's judicious use of the oxford comma in the previous contest
Marc Dashevsky
Jun 27, 2017, 1:58:56 AM6/27/17
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In article <1b505cef-676b-4a60...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
Argo
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
Cape Fear
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
Risky Business
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
tapioca
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
V
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
revolver
> cheers,
> calvin
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>
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
> cheers,
> calvin
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Mark Brader
Jun 27, 2017, 2:31:26 AM6/27/17
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"Calvin":
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters
> from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
The Argo -- hence the football team.
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962
> psychological thriller?
"Cape Fear".
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983
> Paul Brickman film?
"Risky Business".
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant
> which is native to Brazil?
Tapioca?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury
> fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
V.
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
Prince Edward?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be
> sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
"Dock of the Bay".
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo
> murder weapon?
"Revolver". Or to some, "Revolverdo". :-)
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota.
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters
> from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962
> psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983
> Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant
> which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury
> fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be
> sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo
> murder weapon?
--
Mark Brader | Our censorship system has one inexplicable anomaly.
Toronto | One of the rating codes is M for "mature", but there
m...@vex.net | isn't any corresponding "I" code... --Peter Moylan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Jun 27, 2017, 2:59:31 AM6/27/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota? (But in such case, why did you leave out the Wild?)
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion
> house into a Russian newspaper?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder
> weapon?
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Dan Tilque
Jun 27, 2017, 4:07:19 AM6/27/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Blum
Jun 27, 2017, 8:29:31 AM6/27/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
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Bruce
Jun 27, 2017, 10:18:35 AM6/27/17
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 16:12:23 -0700, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters
> from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962
> psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul
> Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant
> which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion
> house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be
> sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
(Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album
> and a Cluedo murder weapon?
Revolver
> and a Cluedo murder weapon?
Marc Dashevsky
Jun 27, 2017, 12:00:59 PM6/27/17
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In article <QpadnUXHBbglZszE...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> > 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo
> > murder weapon?
>
> "Revolver". Or to some, "Revolverdo". :-)
!!!
> > murder weapon?
>
> "Revolver". Or to some, "Revolverdo". :-)
Pete Gayde
Jun 27, 2017, 5:48:16 PM6/27/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1b505cef-676b-4a60...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie
> and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
Argo
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962
> psychological thriller?
Cape Fear
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel
> Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
Risky Business
> 6 Which foodstuff is
> extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to
> Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian
> luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
V
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
Prince Harry
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the
> following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
> 10 Which
> 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
Revolver
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
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Pete Gayde
news:1b505cef-676b-4a60...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie
> and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962
> psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel
> Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is
> extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to
> Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian
> luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the
> following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
> 10 Which
> 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
> ---
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>
Pete Gayde
Chris F.A. Johnson
Jun 28, 2017, 1:08:05 AM6/28/17
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On 2017-06-26, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay"
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
Revolver
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Chris F.A. Johnson
Jun 28, 2017, 3:08:04 AM6/28/17
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On 2017-06-28, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2017-06-26, Calvin wrote:
...
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Chris F.A. Johnson
> On 2017-06-26, Calvin wrote:
...
Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
>
> Cape Dear
Typo. Should be: "Cape Fear"
>
> Cape Dear
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Mark Brader
Jun 28, 2017, 3:39:25 AM6/28/17
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Chris Johnson:
possible typos for "Fear" formed by hitting an adjacent key instead
of F. Only "Cear" and "Vear" would be non-words.
I wonder what's the greatest number of commonly used words that can be
formed by starting with a particular word and then replacing the same
letter with all the different letters on adjacent keys. Here we have
a set of 5, counting the original word as well; the maximum would be 7.
I did some searching using the /usr/share/dict/words file on this
machine, just changing the first letter of each word, but there are
too many uncommon words in that list. The search found several sets
of the maximum 7 words, but all of them involved uncommon words.
Here they are. (The "original" word in each set is shown first.)
gatter - batter fatter hatter tatter vatter yatter
fain - cain dain gain rain tain vain
fare - care dare gare rare tare vare
fent - cent dent gent rent tent vent
gade - bade fade hade tade vade yade
gare - bare fare hare tare vare yare
gell - bell fell hell tell vell yell
gest - best fest hest test vest yest
gill - bill fill hill till vill yill
fag - cag dag gag rag tag vag
fan - can dan gan ran tan van
fee - cee dee gee ree tee vee
fog - cog dog gog rog tog vog
fum - cum dum gum rum tum vum
gan - ban fan han tan van yan
gat - bat fat hat tat vat yat
Vatter, tain, vare, gan, bleagh! Would anyone like to look for such
sets using common words only, and varying any one of the letters?
The "original" letter must of course be one of S, D, F, H, or J.
--
Mark Brader "'... Fifty science-fiction magazines don't give
Toronto you half the naked women that a good issue of
m...@vex.net the Sunday Times does.'" --SPACE, James Michener
> > Cape Dear
>
> Typo. Should be: "Cape Fear"
Hmm. On a QWERTY keyboard, "Rear", "Tear", and "Gear" would also be
>
> Typo. Should be: "Cape Fear"
possible typos for "Fear" formed by hitting an adjacent key instead
of F. Only "Cear" and "Vear" would be non-words.
I wonder what's the greatest number of commonly used words that can be
formed by starting with a particular word and then replacing the same
letter with all the different letters on adjacent keys. Here we have
a set of 5, counting the original word as well; the maximum would be 7.
I did some searching using the /usr/share/dict/words file on this
machine, just changing the first letter of each word, but there are
too many uncommon words in that list. The search found several sets
of the maximum 7 words, but all of them involved uncommon words.
Here they are. (The "original" word in each set is shown first.)
gatter - batter fatter hatter tatter vatter yatter
fain - cain dain gain rain tain vain
fare - care dare gare rare tare vare
fent - cent dent gent rent tent vent
gade - bade fade hade tade vade yade
gare - bare fare hare tare vare yare
gell - bell fell hell tell vell yell
gest - best fest hest test vest yest
gill - bill fill hill till vill yill
fag - cag dag gag rag tag vag
fan - can dan gan ran tan van
fee - cee dee gee ree tee vee
fog - cog dog gog rog tog vog
fum - cum dum gum rum tum vum
gan - ban fan han tan van yan
gat - bat fat hat tat vat yat
Vatter, tain, vare, gan, bleagh! Would anyone like to look for such
sets using common words only, and varying any one of the letters?
The "original" letter must of course be one of S, D, F, H, or J.
--
Mark Brader "'... Fifty science-fiction magazines don't give
Toronto you half the naked women that a good issue of
m...@vex.net the Sunday Times does.'" --SPACE, James Michener
Gareth Owen
Jun 28, 2017, 2:11:04 PM6/28/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and
> Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from
> which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962
> psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul
> Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant
> which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion
> house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin'
> when the evenin' comes"?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
Calvin
Jul 3, 2017, 1:06:04 AM7/3/17
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On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 5:08:04 PM UTC+10, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2017-06-28, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> > On 2017-06-26, Calvin wrote:
> ...
> Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> >
> > Cape Dear
>
> Typo. Should be: "Cape Fear"
Dopy that :-)
> On 2017-06-28, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> > On 2017-06-26, Calvin wrote:
> ...
> Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> >
> > Cape Dear
>
> Typo. Should be: "Cape Fear"
calvin
Calvin
Jul 3, 2017, 1:10:10 AM7/3/17
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On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 9:12:24 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
Minnesota
> 1 Which US state is home to the Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB), and Timberwolves (NBA) sports teams?
> 2 Irene Heron, Montague Dartie and Prosper Profond are characters from which John Galsworthy trilogy?
> 3 Aboard which ship did Jason search for the golden fleece?
> 4 Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck co-starred in which 1962 psychological thriller?
> 5 Tom Cruise's breakout role came as Joel Goodson in which 1983 Paul Brickman film?
> 6 Which foodstuff is extracted from the root of the cassava plant which is native to Brazil?
> 7 Which letter of the alphabet transforms an Italian luxury fashion house into a Russian newspaper?
> 8 Which royal is currently the Duke of York?
> 9 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes"?
> 10 Which 8 letter word is both a Beatles' album and a Cluedo murder weapon?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 492
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 75 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 75 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 68 Chris Johnson
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 66 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 66 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 58 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 59 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 60 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 49 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 29 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 3 9 7 7 6 9 6 8 10 75 75%
Congratulations Bruce and Stephen.
cheers,
calvin
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