Rotating Quiz #14

[robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker]

Here is the next in the Rotating Quiz series. Post your answers to the
group, based on your own knowledge (ie. no looking things up). The answers
and winner will be revealed in about 5 days from now. This time, there's no
theme - but there is a slight Australian bias ;-)

1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's Harbour?
2. Who writes the Discworld novels?
3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in
Australia?
4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the
development of penicillin?
5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?
6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?
7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II America's
Cup team?
8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February 2009?
9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?
10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?

Enjoy,

Rob

[John Masters]

On 2011-05-02 07:27:52 +0100, Rob Parker said:
> 1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's Harbour?

> 2. Who writes the Discworld novels?

Terry Pratchett

> 3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in
> Australia?

Alice Springs?

> 4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the
> development of penicillin?
> 5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?

Why am I surprised?

> 6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?
> 7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II
> America's Cup team?

Tie me kangaroo down, sport?

> 8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February 2009?

Richie Benaud

> 9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?

Great Barrier Reef?

> 10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Rob

--
Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when
nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then
is the time to buy a house on the next continent.
(Terry Pratchett)

[Peter Smyth]

"Rob Parker" <NO robpparker SPAM @ FOR optusnet.com.au ME> wrote in
message news:4dbe4f12$0$13392$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au...

> Here is the next in the Rotating Quiz series. Post your answers to
> the group, based on your own knowledge (ie. no looking things up).
> The answers and winner will be revealed in about 5 days from now.
> This time, there's no theme - but there is a slight Australian bias
> ;-)

I'm betting on Calvin to win

> 1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's
> Harbour?
> 2. Who writes the Discworld novels?

Terry Pratchett

> 3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in
> Australia?

Uluru

> 4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the
> development of penicillin?
> 5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?
> 6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?
> 7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II
> America's Cup team?
> 8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February
> 2009?

Richie Benaud

> 9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?
> 10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?

Peter Smyth

[swp]

On May 2, 2:27 am, "Rob Parker" <NO robpparker SPAM @ FOR

optusnet.com.au ME> wrote:
> Here is the next in the Rotating Quiz series.  Post your answers to the
> group, based on your own knowledge (ie. no looking things up).  The answers
> and winner will be revealed in about 5 days from now.  This time, there's no
> theme - but there is a slight Australian bias ;-)

aw...

> 1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's Harbour?

that's on the north coast of new south wales, right?

> 2. Who writes the Discworld novels?

terry pratchett

> 3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in
> Australia?

some hellhole in the outback surely

> 4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the
> development of penicillin?

flory?

> 5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?

wide area information server

> 6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?

the cleveland indians

> 7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II America's
> Cup team?

down under

> 8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February 2009?

no idea

> 9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?

you probalby want lake eyre, but I think the claim on the great
barrier reef would make some point on it the correct answer

> 10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?

frank ford, unless you mean the person's height in which case I have
no idea

swp

[Calvin]

On Mon, 02 May 2011 16:27:52 +1000, Rob Parker <NO robpparker SPAM FOR
optusnet.com.au ME> wrote:

> Here is the next in the Rotating Quiz series. Post your answers to the
> group, based on your own knowledge (ie. no looking things up). The
> answers
> and winner will be revealed in about 5 days from now. This time,
> there's no
> theme - but there is a slight Australian bias ;-)

I am outraged :-)

> 1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's Harbour?

The Big Banana

> 2. Who writes the Discworld novels?

Terry Pratchett, who AFAIK is not an Aussie

> 3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in
> Australia?

Marble Bar?

> 4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the
> development of penicillin?

Florey?

> 5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?

Surely the Western Australian Institute of Sport going by the theme.

> 6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?

Freo alone have never won a flag so I guess you mean them.

> 7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II
> America's Cup team?

Down Under by Men at Work

> 8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February 2009?

Richie Benaud

> 9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?

Lake Eyre?

> 10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?

Ford.

--

cheers,
calvin

[Marc Dashevsky]

In article <4dbe4f12$0$13392$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au>, "Rob Parker" <NO robpparker SPAM @ FOR optusnet.com.au ME>
says...

> Here is the next in the Rotating Quiz series. Post your answers to the
> group, based on your own knowledge (ie. no looking things up). The answers
> and winner will be revealed in about 5 days from now. This time, there's no
> theme - but there is a slight Australian bias ;-)
>
> 1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's Harbour?
> 2. Who writes the Discworld novels?

Terry Pratchett

> 3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in Australia?
> 4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the development of penicillin?

Alexander Fleming

> 5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?

Wide Area Information Server

> 6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?
> 7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II America's Cup team?
> 8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February 2009?
> 9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?
> 10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?

--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.

[Dan Tilque]

Rob Parker wrote:
> Here is the next in the Rotating Quiz series. Post your answers to the
> group, based on your own knowledge (ie. no looking things up). The answers
> and winner will be revealed in about 5 days from now. This time, there's no
> theme - but there is a slight Australian bias ;-)
>
> 1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's Harbour?
> 2. Who writes the Discworld novels?

Terry Pratchett

> 3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in
> Australia?

Alice Springs

> 4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the
> development of penicillin?
> 5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?

Wide Area Information System

> 6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?
> 7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II America's
> Cup team?
> 8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February 2009?
> 9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?
> 10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?

--
Dan Tilque

[robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker]

 

"Rob Parker" <NO robpparker SPAM @ FOR optusnet.com.au ME> wrote in message news:4dbe4f12$0$13392$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au...

> Here is the next in the Rotating Quiz series.  Post your answers to the
> group, based on your own knowledge (ie. no looking things up).  The answers
> and winner will be revealed in about 5 days from now.  This time, there's no
> theme - but there is a slight Australian bias ;-)
>
> 1. Which 'Big ... ' tourist icon is located just north of Coff's Harbour?

 

... Banana

No points for (sort of) knowing that Coff's Harbour is on the north coast of New South Wales.

> 2. Who writes the Discworld novels?

Sir Terry Pratchett

 

> 3. What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in
> Australia?

Oodnadatta

On 2 Jan 1960 a temperature of 50.7 C (123 F) was recorded.

"Some hellhole in the outback", although correct, is not specific enough ;-)

 

> 4. Who was the Australian Nobel laureate whose award related to the
> development of penicillin?

 

Howard Florey

He shared the prize with (Scot) Alexander Fleming and (German-born Brit) Ernst Chain.

> 5. In the IT world, what does the acronym WAIS stand for?

 

Wide Area Information Server/Service

Western Australian Institute of Sport does fit the them, but not the criteria in the question.  System is close enough by me.

> 6. Which is the least successful Australian Football League team?

 

Gold Coast Suns

The new team on the block this year, with a spectacularly bad season thus far.

> 7. What was the (unofficial) theme song of the 1983 Australia II America's
> Cup team?

 

Down Under, by Men At Work.

In 2010, the Federal Court ruled that the flute riff had been pinched from a 1935 song "Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree".

> 8. Who announced his retirement from cricket commentary in February 2009?

 

Richie Benaud.

Despite the announcement, Benaud is still very much involved in Channel Nine's cricket broadcasts, albeit less as an actual commentator these days.

> 9. Where is the lowest point in Australia?

 

Lake Eyre.

Not accepting GBR - to do so would mean that many of the world's countries (all those on a coast) have land below sea level, which is not widely accepted.  0.5 for Stephen, who wanted a bit both ways.

> 10. Who was/is the shortest serving Australian Prime Minister?

 

Frank Forde.

His term of 8 days, following the death of John Curtin in 1945, was shorter than the 3 weeks of John ("Black Jack") McEwen following the disappearance of Harold Holt while swimming at Portsea in 1967.

 

Scores

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Total

0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0     2    John Masters

0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0     2    Peter Smyth

0  1  0  1  1  0  1  0  .5 1     5.5  SWP

1  1  0  1  0  0  1  1  1  1     7    Calvin

0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0     2    Marc Dashevsky

0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0     2    Dan Tilque

 

And the winner is ... Peter Smyth, who was betting on Calvin to win ... which he did, narrowly, from Stephen.

 

So now it's over to Calvin for the next in this series.

 

Thanks all for participating,

 

Rob