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Calvin
Apr 6, 2017, 9:28:59 PM4/6/17
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1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
I'm away for a bit so this one won't be marked before 18 April.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Apr 6, 2017, 11:07:50 PM4/6/17
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"Calvin":
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first
> American to win a Nobel Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt.
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of
> Everything" which was based on the life of which British
> scientist (b. 1942)?
Stephen Hawking.
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet,
> first performed in 1892?
"The Nutcracker".
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent
> of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
Strine.
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large
> crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
Casque, I suppose.
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
Aries.
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of
> most mammals, especially dogs?
Dewclaw?
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the
> 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for
> "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at
> the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
Melanie Griffith?
> I'm away for a bit so this one won't be marked before 18 April.
Have fun, if applicable.
--
Mark Brader "Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."
Toronto "Wait till I get going!"
m...@vex.net -- "The Princess Bride"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Max Planck.
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first
> American to win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of
> Everything" which was based on the life of which British
> scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet,
> first performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent
> of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large
> crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of
> most mammals, especially dogs?
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the
> 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for
> "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at
> the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
> I'm away for a bit so this one won't be marked before 18 April.
--
Mark Brader "Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."
Toronto "Wait till I get going!"
m...@vex.net -- "The Princess Bride"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Apr 7, 2017, 1:29:54 AM4/7/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Planck (and the symbol is an h with a crossbar)
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Apr 7, 2017, 1:41:27 AM4/7/17
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Dan Tilque:
http://www.britannica.com/science/Plancks-constant
?
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Mark Brader | "I don't want to say they're unsafe,
Toronto | but they're dangerous."
m...@vex.net | --former US transportation sec'y Ray Lahood
> (and the symbol is an h with a crossbar)
May I refer the honorable entrant to:
http://www.britannica.com/science/Plancks-constant
?
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Mark Brader | "I don't want to say they're unsafe,
Toronto | but they're dangerous."
m...@vex.net | --former US transportation sec'y Ray Lahood
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 7, 2017, 2:58:06 AM4/7/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Boltzmann
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American
> to win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything"
> which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first
> performed in 1892?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
never memorised the English name.)
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Peter Smyth
Apr 7, 2017, 8:11:20 AM4/7/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Planck
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American
> to win a Nobel Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt
> to win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything"
> which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
Stephen Hawking
> which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first
> performed in 1892?
Nutcracker
> performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of
> Australian English and its associated vernacular?
Annoying :-)
> Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large
> crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
Plume
> crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
Aries
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most
> mammals, especially dogs?
>
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the
> 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
Alexander Popov
> mammals, especially dogs?
>
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the
> 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working
> Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988
> Academy Awards, but won neither?
Meryl Streep
> Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988
> Academy Awards, but won neither?
Peter Smyth
Bruce
Apr 7, 2017, 9:24:11 AM4/7/17
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On Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:28:59 -0700, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
constant
> is signified by the letter "h"?
Max Planck
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
constant
> is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American
to
> win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything"
> which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first
> performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of
> Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large
crests on
> the skulls of cassowaries?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most
> mammals, especially dogs?
Dan Tilque
Apr 7, 2017, 7:53:26 PM4/7/17
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Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
>> (and the symbol is an h with a crossbar)
>
> May I refer the honorable entrant to:
>
Oh, right. The h-bar is the reduced Planck constant, which is h/2pi.
> Dan Tilque:
>> (and the symbol is an h with a crossbar)
>
> May I refer the honorable entrant to:
>
Which is sometimes more useful.
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Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky
Apr 10, 2017, 10:49:31 AM4/10/17
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In article <4726cd54-caf8-4b2a...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
Hawking
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
The Nutcracker
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
Strine
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
Aries
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
dew claw
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
Weaver
> I'm away for a bit so this one won't be marked before 18 April.
>
> cheers,
> calvin
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>
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Planck
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
> I'm away for a bit so this one won't be marked before 18 April.
>
> cheers,
> calvin
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
ArenEss
Apr 10, 2017, 5:38:40 PM4/10/17
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On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 18:28:59 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Max Planck
>2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
Teddy Roosevelt
>3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
Stephen Hawking
>4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
The Nutcracker
>5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
>6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
>7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
Aries
>8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
Dew Claw
>9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
>10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
Question is flawed. Sigourney Weaver is the correct answer, but it
was the 1989 Academy Awards. No actress was nominated for both
awards in 1988.
wrote:
>
>1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
>2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
>3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
>4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
>5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
>6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
>7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
>8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
>9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
>10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
was the 1989 Academy Awards. No actress was nominated for both
awards in 1988.
>
>
>I'm away for a bit so this one won't be marked before 18 April.
>
>cheers,
>calvin
ArenEss
>
>I'm away for a bit so this one won't be marked before 18 April.
>
>cheers,
>calvin
Dan Blum
Apr 17, 2017, 10:14:48 PM4/17/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Planck
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
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Gareth Owen
Apr 18, 2017, 5:05:23 PM4/18/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Planck
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's
> constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to
> win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything"
> which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first
> performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of
> Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests
> on the skulls of cassowaries?
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most
> mammals, especially dogs?
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992
> and 1996 Olympics?
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working
> Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988
> Academy Awards, but won neither?
Calvin
Apr 20, 2017, 1:27:02 AM4/20/17
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On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 11:28:59 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
Max Planck
> 1 Though his name doesn't contain it, which German physicist's constant is signified by the letter "h"?
> 2 By collecting the 1906 Peace prize, who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
> 3 Eddie Redmayne starred in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" which was based on the life of which British scientist (b. 1942)?
> 4 The dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet, first performed in 1892?
> 5 Which term, first coined in 1964, describes the broad accent of Australian English and its associated vernacular?
> 6 From the French for "helmet", which word describes the large crests on the skulls of cassowaries?
Singleton for Mark
> 7 Those born on April Fool's day fall under what star sign?
> 8 Which word refers to the vestigial digit found on the foot of most mammals, especially dogs?
> 9 Which Russian won gold in the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics?
Singleton for Peter
> 10 Who was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress (for "Working Girl") and Best Actress (losing out to Jodie Foster) at the 1988 Academy Awards, but won neither?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 482
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 50 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 53 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 48 Dan Blum
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 49 Aren Ess
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 49 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 39 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 36 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 40 Bruce Bowler
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 8 9 8 4 1 5 7 1 4 55 61%
Congratulations Mark (and yes, the tie break scores are correct).
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Apr 20, 2017, 2:37:54 AM4/20/17
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"Calvin":
> Congratulations Mark
Worth the wait! Welcome back.
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Toronto | Dr. Brader is known for joking around a lot."
m...@vex.net | --Matthew McKnight
> Congratulations Mark
Worth the wait! Welcome back.
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Mark Brader | "I thought it was a big joke.
Toronto | Dr. Brader is known for joking around a lot."
m...@vex.net | --Matthew McKnight
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