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Calvin

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Sep 4, 2015, 5:47:28 PM9/4/15
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1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?
2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?
3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?
4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?
5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?
6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase?
7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?
8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?
9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?
10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?

cheers,
calvin

Gareth Owen

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Sep 4, 2015, 5:53:26 PM9/4/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which
> 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001 - A Space Odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs,
> author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?

The Master

> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

Trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952
> when she learned that her father had died?

Kenya? somewhere in Africa

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

Three?

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a
> series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the
> intentional omission of a word or phrase?

Ellipsis

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand
> author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?

Spider???

> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?

Uhh nerrr. Gersebumps.

> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and
> cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?

Magnum PI (I got *nothing*)

> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend
> explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it,
> my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?

Merle Haggard?

Marc Dashevsky

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Sep 4, 2015, 6:06:10 PM9/4/15
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In article <b857ec0d-a77f-4ad4...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
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> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?
2001: A Space Odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?
> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?
trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?
Kenya

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?
3

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase?
ellipsis

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?
> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?
R. L. Stein

> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?
Boston Legal

> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?
Johnny Cash



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Chris F.A. Johnson

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Sep 4, 2015, 6:30:03 PM9/4/15
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On 2015-09-04, Calvin wrote:
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> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001: A Space Odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?

Doctor Who

> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

Trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?

South Africa

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

3

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase?

ellipsis

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?

dog

> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?
> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?

Boston Legal

> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?

Willie Nelson

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Mark Brader

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Sep 4, 2015, 6:31:07 PM9/4/15
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Calvin:
> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is
> the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

"2001: A Space Odyssey".

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon
> cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a
> renegade time lord, among others?

Doctor Who?

> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

Trachea.

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth
> visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father
> had died?

Kenya.

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

5?

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark
> comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an
> unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a
> word or phrase?

Ellipsis.

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books
> by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of
> animal is Hairy Maclary?
> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?

Stine.

> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore
> share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at
> the end of each episode?

"Boston Legal".

> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country
> music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest
> fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's
> dead, so you can't question it."?

Cash?
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Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 5, 2015, 5:26:40 PM9/5/15
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which
> 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001 - A Space Oddesy.

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs,
> author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?

Bat Man

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952
> when she learned that her father had died?

Australia

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

4

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a
> series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional
> omission of a word or phrase?


ellipsis

> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?

Dunno, but B.A. Robertson had a darn good song with that name.




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Pete

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Sep 6, 2015, 1:34:35 PM9/6/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:b857ec0d-a77f-4ad4...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to
> which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001: A Space Odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been
> bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade
> time lord, among others?

The Doctor

> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

Trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess
> Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?

South Africa

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

2

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a
> series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the
> intentional omission of a word or phrase?

Ellipses

> 7 The hero of a series
> of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd,
> what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?
> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?
> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and
> Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end
> of each episode?
> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which
> country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in
> 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't
> question it."?

Johnny Cash

>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete

Dan Tilque

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Sep 7, 2015, 1:20:04 AM9/7/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001: A Space Odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?
> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?

Kenya

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

3

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase?

ellipsis

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?
> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?
> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?
> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?



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Dan Tilque

Björn Lundin

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Sep 8, 2015, 1:17:17 PM9/8/15
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On 2015-09-04 23:47, Calvin wrote:
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> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?
2001 a space oddessy

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?
> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?
> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?
Australia?
> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?
8
> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase?
ellipsis
> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?
Horse ?
> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?
> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?
> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?
Jhonny Cash?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>


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bbowler

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Sep 14, 2015, 8:36:37 AM9/14/15
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On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:47:27 -0700, Calvin wrote:

> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which
> 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001: A Space Odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs,
> author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?

The Master

> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

Trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952
> when she learned that her father had died?

Nairobi?

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?
> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a
series
> of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional
> omission of a word or phrase?

Ellipsis

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand
author
> Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?
> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?

RLL Stein

swp

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Sep 14, 2015, 1:17:25 PM9/14/15
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On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 5:47:28 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001: a space odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?

the master

> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?

new zealand

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

2

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase?

ellipsis

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?

dog

> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?

r. l. stein

> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?

boston legal

> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?

johnny cash


swp

Calvin

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Sep 16, 2015, 5:11:39 AM9/16/15
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On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 7:47:28 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film?

2001: A Space Odyssey

> 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others?

The Master

> 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe?

Trachea

> 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died?

Kenya

> 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open?

2

> 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase?

Ellipsis
I guess the Swedish word is similar :-)

> 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary?

Dog

> 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books?

RL Stine

> 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode?

Denny Crane!

> 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."?

Johnny Cash


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 407
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 48 Stephen Perry
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 46 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 46 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 40 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 34 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 35 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 36 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 33 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 25 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 20 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 3 8 5 2 10 2 4 4 5 53 53%

Stephen takes a tough one.

cheers,
calvin
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