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Mark Brader
Oct 13, 2017, 3:18:38 AM10/13/17
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-09-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin' and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
"French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
in the character of Ethel.
2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
"Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
victim in "The Accused".
4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
Who is this actress?
8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
Who played the Queen?
9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
"Blue Jasmine".
10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
"Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
--No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
* Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
and no multiple-choice either.
1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
originally from?
2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
the term "computer bug"?
4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
the name of a district in what world capital?
6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
tea, Coke, and what?
7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
in response to a delegate from which nation?
8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
his classic painting "American Gothic"?
10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
--
Mark Brader | "But this still doesn't explain spousal resemblance
Toronto | in earlobe length, which is only rarely cited as a
m...@vex.net | factor in divorce." --Jared Diamond
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin' and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
"French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
in the character of Ethel.
2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
"Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
victim in "The Accused".
4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
Who is this actress?
8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
Who played the Queen?
9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
"Blue Jasmine".
10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
"Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
--No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
* Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
and no multiple-choice either.
1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
originally from?
2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
the term "computer bug"?
4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
the name of a district in what world capital?
6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
tea, Coke, and what?
7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
in response to a delegate from which nation?
8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
his classic painting "American Gothic"?
10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
--
Mark Brader | "But this still doesn't explain spousal resemblance
Toronto | in earlobe length, which is only rarely cited as a
m...@vex.net | factor in divorce." --Jared Diamond
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Bruce Bowler
Oct 13, 2017, 9:06:10 AM10/13/17
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 02:18:33 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-09-25, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin' and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2017-09-25
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-09-25, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin' and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2017-09-25
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
>
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who played
> "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
Kathy Bates
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who played
> "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed this
> portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
>
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the game show
> "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've won $1,000,000.
> Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
>
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
cockroach
> the term "computer bug"?
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 13, 2017, 3:33:50 PM10/13/17
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In article <x_mdneghHaFU9X3E...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
Debra Winger
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
>
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
Kathy Bates
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
Susan Sarandon
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
Gwyneth Paltrow
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
Hilary Swank
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
Helen Mirren
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
>
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
>
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
> game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
> won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
>
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
>
> 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
hocking a loogie
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
moth
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
>
> 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
> the name of a district in what world capital?
>
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
Fresca
> 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
> in response to a delegate from which nation?
U.S.A.
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
Nixon
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
>
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
>
> Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
> at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
> beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
> relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
>
> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
Katherine Hepburn
>
> Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
> at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
> beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
> relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
>
> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
>
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
>
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
>
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
> game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
> won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
>
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
>
> 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
>
> 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
> the name of a district in what world capital?
>
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
> 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
> in response to a delegate from which nation?
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
>
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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Oct 13, 2017, 8:41:42 PM10/13/17
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:x_mdneghHaFU9X3EnZ2dnUU7-
avN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
>
> Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
> at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
> beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
> relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
>
> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
Katharine Hepburn
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
Shirley MacLaine
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
Jodie Foster
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
Kathy Bates
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
Susan Sarandon
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
Gwyneth Paltrow
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
Hilary Swank
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
Helen Mirren
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
Cate Blanchett
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
Emma Stone
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
>
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
> game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
> won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
Fortunately, if we guess wrong, we don't lose $468,000, either.
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
Peru
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
moth
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
Just wondering -- how did they ask this in a multiple choice format?
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
whiskey; iced tea
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
Richard Nixon
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
his dentist
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Henry II
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
avN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
>
> Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
> at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
> beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
> relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
>
> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
>
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
> game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
> won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Oct 14, 2017, 1:13:54 AM10/14/17
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Joshua Kreitzer:
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m...@vex.net | of what I use. That generally works here."
Toronto | --Tony Cooper
> Just wondering -- how did they ask this in a multiple choice format?
Well, how many correct answers were there?
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Dan Tilque
Oct 14, 2017, 10:16:09 AM10/14/17
to
>
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
>
> 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
> the name of a district in what world capital?
>
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
>
> 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
> in response to a delegate from which nation?
>
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
>
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
>
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
--
Dan Tilque
Jason Kreitzer
Oct 15, 2017, 1:16:50 PM10/15/17
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> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
Jodie Foster
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
Kathy Bates
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
Susan Sarandon
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
Gwyneth Paltrow
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
Hilary Swank
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
Judy Dench
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
His parents?
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
Calvin
Oct 15, 2017, 7:35:56 PM10/15/17
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On Friday, October 13, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
>
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
>
> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
Hepburn
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
>
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
>
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
> game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
> won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
>
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
> 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
>
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
>
> 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
> the name of a district in what world capital?
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
> 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
> in response to a delegate from which nation?
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Please credit my paypal account.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Oct 15, 2017, 9:09:49 PM10/15/17
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> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
Jessica Tandy
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
Peru
> originally from?
> 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
> 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
> the name of a district in what world capital?
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
> 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
> in response to a delegate from which nation?
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Oct 16, 2017, 1:15:33 AM10/16/17
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Mark Brader:
so: 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
Shirley MacLaine. 4 for Joshua, Jason, and Dan Blum. 3 for Calvin.
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
Jodie Foster. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
Kathy Bates. ("Misery".) 4 for Bruce, Marc, Joshua, Jason,
and Calvin.
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
Susan Sarandon. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
Gwyneth Paltrow. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
Hilary Swank. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Blum.
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
Helen Mirren. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
Cate Blanchett. 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
Emma Stone. "Stone" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
> game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
> won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
And it was the hardest round in the original game.
I note in passing that since the show's heyday the last few questions
to a contestant have been made hard enough that for practical purposes
the $1,000,000 prize is unwinnable -- the last time someone did win
it in a regular game (as opposed to a special tournament) was in
2003 or 2004, depending on which source is correct. Anyway, on the
show as it exists today, I'm sure that some of these questions would
be deemed too easy for any level above about $30,000.
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
Peru. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
> 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
Finding shapes in clouds.
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
Moth. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
The description of the incident is inaccurate, but that's the way it
was worded on the original show. In fact the "supercomputer" was a
relay-based machine and what the late moth had done was to jam one
of the relays. Also, "bug" as a slang term for a defect goes back to
Edison's time -- in fact, the moth was taped in the machine's logbook
alongside the words "first actual case of bug being found". The term
that apparently did originate from this incident was "debugging".
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
Eleanor, Dartmouth, Beaver.
I didn't see the original show for this one, but presumably the
original multiple-choice question required identifying which of a
list of four names was *not* that of one of the ships.
> 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
> the name of a district in what world capital?
Baghdad.
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
Fresca. 4 for Marc.
> 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
> in response to a delegate from which nation?
Philippines. Who knew?
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
Richard Nixon. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Jason,
and Dan Blum. 2 for Calvin.
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
His dentist (one Byron McKeeby). 4 for Bruce, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Henry II. 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Art Spo Ent Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 8 24 32 28 40 20 124
"Calvin" 0 26 22 20 35 18 103
Dan Blum 4 18 27 11 20 16 81
Marc Dashevsky 0 16 24 8 24 12 76
Don Piven 0 32 20 24 -- -- 76
Dan Tilque 8 20 16 20 0 12 68
Erland Sommarskog 4 20 24 16 -- -- 64
Bruce Bowler -- -- 32 12 8 12 64
Pete Gayde -- -- 32 28 -- -- 60
Jason Kreitzer 0 12 12 0 24 4 52
Peter Smyth -- -- 8 20 -- -- 28
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Gadgetry abounded everywhere, almost all of which
m...@vex.net | he could justify." -- Robert Asprin
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-09-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
> Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
> at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
> beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
> relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
Katharine Hepburn. ("On Golden Pond".) "Hepburn" was sufficient,
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - "I Beat Meryl Streep!"
> Meryl Streep has the record for most Oscar Best Actress nominations
> at 16, yet has only won twice. This is a round about the women who
> beat her. In each case, *name that other actress*. All dates shown
> relate to the release of the movies, not the Oscar ceremony itself.
> 1. Meryl's first nomination came in 1981 for her role in the
> "French Lieutenant's Woman", but the award that year went
> to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations
> Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl,
> in the character of Ethel.
so: 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 2. After a win in 1982 for her role in "Sophie's Choice", Meryl
> was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going
> to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in
> "Terms of Endearment". Who was that?
> 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the
> Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape
> victim in "The Accused".
> 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards
> from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who
> played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes?
and Calvin.
> 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison
> County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting
> a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"?
> 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998
> film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally
> defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love".
> 7. The next year Meryl was nominated for her role as a music
> teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a
> woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry".
> Who is this actress?
> 8. Meryl's role as Miranda Priestly in the 2006 film "The Devil
> Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed
> this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year.
> Who played the Queen?
> 9. Meryl tried to keep everything together in 2013 after her
> husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this
> woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in
> "Blue Jasmine".
> 10. Meryl's most recent nomination came as her role as Florence in
> "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight".
> --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in
> the film "La La Land". Who played Mia?
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?
> All the following questions were $1,000,000 questions on the
> game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've
> won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you,
> and no multiple-choice either.
I note in passing that since the show's heyday the last few questions
to a contestant have been made hard enough that for practical purposes
the $1,000,000 prize is unwinnable -- the last time someone did win
it in a regular game (as opposed to a special tournament) was in
2003 or 2004, depending on which source is correct. Anyway, on the
show as it exists today, I'm sure that some of these questions would
be deemed too easy for any level above about $30,000.
> 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear
> originally from?
> 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
> 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired
> the term "computer bug"?
The description of the incident is inaccurate, but that's the way it
was worded on the original show. In fact the "supercomputer" was a
relay-based machine and what the late moth had done was to jam one
of the relays. Also, "bug" as a slang term for a defect goes back to
Edison's time -- in fact, the moth was taped in the machine's logbook
alongside the words "first actual case of bug being found". The term
that apparently did originate from this incident was "debugging".
> 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party.
I didn't see the original show for this one, but presumably the
original multiple-choice question required identifying which of a
list of four names was *not* that of one of the ships.
> 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from
> the name of a district in what world capital?
> 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> tea, Coke, and what?
> 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was
> in response to a delegate from which nation?
> 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"?
and Dan Blum. 2 for Calvin.
> 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in
> his classic painting "American Gothic"?
> 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Art Spo Ent Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 8 24 32 28 40 20 124
"Calvin" 0 26 22 20 35 18 103
Dan Blum 4 18 27 11 20 16 81
Marc Dashevsky 0 16 24 8 24 12 76
Don Piven 0 32 20 24 -- -- 76
Dan Tilque 8 20 16 20 0 12 68
Erland Sommarskog 4 20 24 16 -- -- 64
Bruce Bowler -- -- 32 12 8 12 64
Pete Gayde -- -- 32 28 -- -- 60
Jason Kreitzer 0 12 12 0 24 4 52
Peter Smyth -- -- 8 20 -- -- 28
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Gadgetry abounded everywhere, almost all of which
m...@vex.net | he could justify." -- Robert Asprin
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 16, 2017, 2:53:33 AM10/16/17
to
In article <BJ-dnfzbnaXy3XnE...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> Mark Brader:
> Mark Brader:
> > 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> > tea, Coke, and what?
>
> Fresca. 4 for Marc.
my answer had been intended as a joke but I'm not ceding the points.
> > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> > tea, Coke, and what?
>
> Fresca. 4 for Marc.
Calvin
Oct 16, 2017, 9:10:04 PM10/16/17
to
On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 4:53:33 PM UTC+10, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> In article <BJ-dnfzbnaXy3XnE...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> > Mark Brader:
> > > 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> > > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> > > tea, Coke, and what?
> >
> > Fresca. 4 for Marc.
>
> my answer had been intended as a joke but I'm not ceding the points.
lol. You'll go far :-)
> In article <BJ-dnfzbnaXy3XnE...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> > Mark Brader:
> > > 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson
> > > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee,
> > > tea, Coke, and what?
> >
> > Fresca. 4 for Marc.
>
> my answer had been intended as a joke but I'm not ceding the points.
cheers,
calvin
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