Rotating Quiz #17
Chris F.A. Johnson
this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
more than one book. Name either.
2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
home to Highlands University?
4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
Alan Turing among them, worked where?
9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
Wisconsin summer home.
10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
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>
>As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
>this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
>1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
>2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
>
>3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
>4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
>5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
>6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
>7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
>8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
>9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
>10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Peter Smyth
John Masters
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
Smith
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
Peter Lorre
>
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
Maine
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Mr Mestopheles
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Schubert
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Quantum Mechanics
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Dylan Thomas
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Jackson Pollock
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Mark Brader
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
New Mexico?
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Arrrgh. I can sing the line, but I can't connect it to the rest of the
song. Hmm. I'll go with Mungojerrie; it's close to the right rhythm,
anyway, and it rhymes with "that".
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Schumann?
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess.
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England, UK.
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Thomas?
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Wood.
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Mark Brader
> > 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
> Arrrgh. I can sing the line, but I can't connect it to the rest of the
Double arrgh! I thought of it less than 10 minutes after posting --
it's Bustopher Jones. And nobody else has it yet, either.
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Toronto | other [students' exams] until it was pointed out that
m...@vex.net | I often had the only correct answer..." --Lars Eighner
swp
wrote:
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
sid halley (didn't he die last year?)
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
alan hale?
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
new mexico
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
um ... he doesn't haunt pubs, he has eight or nine clubs, ... andrew
lloyd webber ... grrrr!
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
making cricket bats from willow trees
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
schubert?
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
chess (I only know the name kramnnik, so this is a wag based soley on
that)
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
bletch park (I remember the name sounds like someone vomitting)
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
mark brader
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
grant wood
swp
Erland Sommarskog
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
Vermont
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Franz Liszt
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess
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Marc Dashevsky
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
>
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
>
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
The Cat in the Hat
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
>
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Grant Wood
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Jeffrey Turner
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
>
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
>
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
>
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Garfield
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
>
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Dylan Thomas
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
--Jeff
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Calvin
<cfajo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
>
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
Gloria Swanston?
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
California?
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Cheshire Cat?
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Bach?
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess?
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Dylan Thomas?
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Wood
A good note to end on- one that isn't a guess :-)
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cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
>
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
>
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
New Mexico
>
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
>
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
>
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
>
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Taleisin
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Grant Wood
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Dan Tilque
robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
> more than one book. Name either.
A horse with no name
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
>
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
>
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Mr Mestopheles (?)
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess (?)
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
>
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Jackson Pollock (?)
David Ackles recorded the album.
Rob
Chris F.A. Johnson
> As usual, use only your own knowledge when answering. I will score
> this round in about 5 days, and post results next Friday.
>
>
> 1. In Dick Francis's more than 40 novels, only two heroes appear in
> more than one book. Name either.
Kit Fielding ("Break In", "Bolt")
Sid Halley ("Odds Against", "Whip Hand", "Come to Grief", "Under Orders")
1 for swp
> 2. Name the actor who played the same part in both the 1922 Douglas
> Fairbanks and 1938 Errol Flynn productions of Robin Hood.
Alan Hale (Little John)
1 for swp
> 3. Which US state has a city named Las Vegas (pop. ~15,000) that is
> home to Highlands University?
New Mexico
1 for Mark Brader, Dan Tilque, Peter Smyth
> 4. Which cat was "not skin and bones; in fact he's remarkably fat"?
Bustopher Jones
(Mark remembered it after he posted a wrong answer)
> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
Making cricket bats
1 for swp
> 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
Schubert
1 for John Masters, swp
> 7. Kamsky, Kramnik and Khalifman are eminent in what field?
Chess
(I could have added Karpov and Kasparov, but that would have been too easy)
1 for Mark Brader, Erland Sommarskog, Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Calvin, swp
> 8. During WWII, the team of British codebreakers, computer pioneer
> Alan Turing among them, worked where?
Bletchley Park
1 for Mark Brader, Dan Tilque, Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, John Masters
> 9. Name the Welsh poet after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his
> Wisconsin summer home.
Taliesin
1 for Dan Tilque
> 10. Who painted "American Gothic"?
Grant Wood
1 for Mark Brader, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Marc Dashevsky, swp
5 swp
4 Mark
3 Peter
2 Calvin, Rob, John
1 Marc, Erland
Over to swp for #18.
Mark Brader
> > 6. Who composed the Trout Quintet?
>
> Schubert
Dang! I was half right, for no points! (None deserved, of course.)
--
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m...@vex.net that's just as good." -- D Gary Grady
swp
> 5 swp
> 4 Mark
> 3 Peter
> 2 Calvin, Rob, John
> 1 Marc, Erland
>
> Over to swp for #18.
>
I'll post a set later tonight.
that's an interesting distribution of scores, perhaps unique for any
quiz I think.
swp
Dan Tilque
> On Jun 2, 2:38 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 5 swp
>> 4 Mark
>> 3 Peter
>> 2 Calvin, Rob, John
>> 1 Marc, Erland
>>
>
> quiz I think.
Except that it's not quite complete.
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Dan Tilque (doing a Rodney Dangerfield impression)
Chris F.A. Johnson
> swp wrote:
>> On Jun 2, 2:38 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 5 swp
>>> 4 Mark
>>> 3 Peter
>>> 2 Calvin, Rob, John
>>> 1 Marc, Erland
>>>
>>
>> that's an interesting distribution of scores, perhaps unique for any
>> quiz I think.
>
> Except that it's not quite complete.
True.
5 swp
4 Mark, Dan
3 Peter
2 Calvin, Rob, John
1 Marc, Erland
Calvin
<cfajo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 5. What is the art of Pod Shaving (or podshaving)?
>
> Making cricket bats
You live and learn.
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cheers,
calvin