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Calvin
Oct 26, 2015, 12:41:15 AM10/26/15
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1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Oct 26, 2015, 12:58:57 AM10/26/15
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Calvin:
I'll go with synchronized swimming.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million
> sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
Xbox?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
Blofeld?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
Zambia.
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
St. Helena, I hope.
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats
> for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which
> 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are
> novels by which American fantasy author?
Meyer. Without an S, except in Stephenie, and without an A anywhere.
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which
> complex TV spy series?
"Alias".
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
Tequila?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a
> punctuation mark?
Colon.
--
Mark Brader "The best you can write will be the best you are.
Toronto Every sentence is the result of a long probation."
m...@vex.net -- Henry David Thoreau, 1841
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines
> (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men
> competed.
I'd think they'd be synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymastics.
> (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men
> competed.
I'll go with synchronized swimming.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million
> sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats
> for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which
> 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are
> novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which
> complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a
> punctuation mark?
--
Mark Brader "The best you can write will be the best you are.
Toronto Every sentence is the result of a long probation."
m...@vex.net -- Henry David Thoreau, 1841
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Chris F.A. Johnson
Oct 26, 2015, 1:20:03 AM10/26/15
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On 2015-10-26, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Balance beam
>
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 26, 2015, 2:41:01 AM10/26/15
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In article <6f680c18-b9c4-4ed0...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
Blofeld
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
Zambia
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
Elba
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
Ain't No Sunshine
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
Alias
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
white rum
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
colon
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
PlayStation 2
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Gareth Owen
Oct 26, 2015, 3:17:53 AM10/26/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as
> distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Rhythmic gymnastics
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as
> distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million
> sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for
> 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song
> is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are
> novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex
> TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a
> punctuation mark?
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 26, 2015, 10:09:24 AM10/26/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines
> (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
100 m hurdles
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines
> (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million
> sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a
> punctuation mark?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
David B
Oct 26, 2015, 10:29:06 AM10/26/15
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1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as
distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Heptathlon.
distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold,
what is the best selling video game console of all time?
3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s,
it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase
"I know" repeated 26 times?
7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by
which American fantasy author?
8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy
series?
9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation
mark?
--
David B
http://waterfalls.me.uk
Björn Lundin
Oct 26, 2015, 12:40:07 PM10/26/15
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On 2015-10-26 05:41, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Synchronized swimming (Think Ester Williams)
>
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
Angola
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
S:t Helena
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
Stephanie Meyer
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
Rum
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
colon?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
--
--
Björn
bbowler
Oct 26, 2015, 1:25:42 PM10/26/15
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On Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:41:14 -0700, Calvin wrote:
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as
> distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Rhythmic Gymnastics
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as
> distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million
sold,
> what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation
SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for
> 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is
> the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are
novels
> by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex
TV
> spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a
> punctuation mark?
> cheers,
> calvin
Pete
Oct 26, 2015, 5:55:44 PM10/26/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:6f680c18-b9c4-4ed0...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines
> (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men
> competed.
Synchronized Swimming
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over
> 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all
> time?
Playstation
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime
> organisation SPECTRE?
Blofeld
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
Rwanda
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
Elba
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats
> for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971
> song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
Anytime She Goes Away
> 7 All best-sellers,
> "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American
> fantasy author?
Meyers
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney
> Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
Tabasco
> 10 What five-letter word
> is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
Colon
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
news:6f680c18-b9c4-4ed0...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines
> (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men
> competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over
> 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all
> time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime
> organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats
> for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971
> song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers,
> "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American
> fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney
> Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word
> is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
Peter Smyth
Oct 27, 2015, 2:16:34 PM10/27/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as
> distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Synchonised Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as
> distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million
> sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
Playstation 2
> sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
Blofeld
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
Zambia
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
Elba
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for
> 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song
> is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
>
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are
> novels by which American fantasy author?
>
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex
> TV spy series?
Alias
> 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song
> is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
>
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are
> novels by which American fantasy author?
>
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex
> TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
Rum
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a
> punctuation mark?
Colon
> punctuation mark?
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque
Oct 28, 2015, 6:56:08 AM10/28/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Synchronized swimming
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin
Nov 1, 2015, 8:57:55 PM11/1/15
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On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 2:41:15 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Synchronized swimming or rhythmic gymnastics
> 1 At the 2012 London Olympics, name either of the two disciplines (as distinct from sports or events) in which women but not men competed.
Various other answers given were events, not disciplines
> 2 Careful now - released by Sony in 2000 and with over 150 million sold, what is the best selling video game console of all time?
> 3 Which character is head of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE?
> 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> 5 To which island was Napoleon exiled in 1814?
> 6 Written whilst he was working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s, it was a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers. In which 1971 song is the phrase "I know" repeated 26 times?
> 7 All best-sellers, "Eclipse", "New Moon" and "Breaking Dawn" are novels by which American fantasy author?
> 8 Jennifer Garner played the role of Sydney Bristow in which complex TV spy series?
> 9 Which spirit is traditionally used in a Mojito cocktail?
> 10 What five-letter word is both part of the human body and a punctuation mark?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 413
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 52 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 60 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 39 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 37 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 38 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 31 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 33 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 25 David Brown
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 Bruce Bowler
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 26 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 4 9 6 8 3 5 4 6 11 63 57%
Congratulations Peter.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 2, 2015, 12:06:28 AM11/2/15
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"Calvin":
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Mark Brader | "The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true.
Toronto | This is the ordinary course in a free society."
m...@vex.net | --Anthony Kennedy, US Supreme Court
> 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 38 Mark Brader
Remove that extra 1 or face ridicule!
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Mark Brader | "The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true.
Toronto | This is the ordinary course in a free society."
m...@vex.net | --Anthony Kennedy, US Supreme Court
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 2, 2015, 12:31:36 AM11/2/15
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In article <cd74d5f4-2276-40e0...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 2:41:15 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
>
> > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
>
> Angola
Nope. That's Luanda.
> On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 2:41:15 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
>
> > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
>
> Angola
Mark Brader
Nov 2, 2015, 12:40:21 AM11/2/15
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Mark Brader:
> Remove that extra 1 or face ridicule!
On second thought, Calvin *already* gets ridiculed, for posting a wrong
> Remove that extra 1 or face ridicule!
answer as the correct one. Thanks for spotting it, Marc.
--
Mark Brader | "The nice thing about standards is
Toronto | that you have so many to choose from..."
m...@vex.net | --Andrew Tanenbaum
Calvin
Nov 2, 2015, 6:21:35 PM11/2/15
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On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 3:31:36 PM UTC+10, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> In article <cd74d5f4-2276-40e0...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 2:41:15 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> >
> > > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> >
> > Angola
>
> Nope. That's Luanda.
How quickly these things come back to bite one.
> In article <cd74d5f4-2276-40e0...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 2:41:15 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> >
> > > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
> >
> > Angola
>
> Nope. That's Luanda.
Revised scores if there are no further errors:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 413
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 52 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 60 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 39 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 38 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 28 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 31 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 33 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 25 David Brown
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 Bruce Bowler
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 17 Erland S
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 33 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 25 David Brown
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 Bruce Bowler
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 4 9 4 8 3 5 4 6 11 61 55%
cheers,
calvin
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