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Calvin
Mar 2, 2015, 5:21:11 AM3/2/15
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1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
cheers,
calvin
2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 2, 2015, 6:29:11 AM3/2/15
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Milano
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
Foreign Minister
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
Mannfred Mann's Earth Band. No, wait that was an album released over
40 years later.
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
Italy
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
Fitzgerald
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged
> position in yoga?
Tata motors
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
Green
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous
> country in Africa?
DR Congo
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
40 years later.
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged
> position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous
> country in Africa?
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Mark Brader
Mar 2, 2015, 8:56:44 AM3/2/15
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"Calvin":
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
Bishop of London.
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
Buck.
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
Italy?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at
> First Bite?
Dracula?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
Holliday.
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
Lotus.
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
Red.
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
Jack.
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous
> country in Africa?
South Africa?
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Mark Brader | It is easy to run a secure computer system. You
Toronto | merely have to disconnect all dial-up connections,
m...@vex.net | put the machine and its terminals in a shielded
| room, and post a guard at the door.
| -- Frederick T. Grampp & Robert H. Morris
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan.
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at
> First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous
> country in Africa?
--
Mark Brader | It is easy to run a secure computer system. You
Toronto | merely have to disconnect all dial-up connections,
m...@vex.net | put the machine and its terminals in a shielded
| room, and post a guard at the door.
| -- Frederick T. Grampp & Robert H. Morris
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Björn Lundin
Mar 2, 2015, 9:35:59 AM3/2/15
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On 2015-03-02 11:21, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milano
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
--
Björn
Peter Smyth
Mar 2, 2015, 1:21:03 PM3/2/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
Archbishop of Canterbury
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
Malta
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love
> at First Bite?
? 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings
> the Blues?
Billie Holliday
> at First Bite?
? 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings
> the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the
> cross-legged position in yoga?
Lotus
> cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
Red
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
Jack
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is
> the second most populous country in Africa?
Egypt
> the second most populous country in Africa?
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 2, 2015, 3:56:10 PM3/2/15
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In article <8e687736-7857-4bb2...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
Pearl Buck
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
Cyprus
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
Dracula
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
Billie Holiday
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
Lotus
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
red
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
Egypt
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
> cheers,
> calvin
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Chris F.A. Johnson
Mar 2, 2015, 4:08:05 PM3/2/15
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On 2015-03-02, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
David B
Mar 3, 2015, 7:57:14 AM3/3/15
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1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan.
2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First
Bite?
6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in
yoga?
8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country
in Africa?
--
David
swp
Mar 3, 2015, 9:56:00 PM3/3/15
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On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 5:21:11 AM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
...
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
milan
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
the archbishop of canterbury
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
pearl s buck (her house is about 2 miles from where I live.)
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
malta
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
count dracula (1979?)
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
billie holiday
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
the pose is called sukhasana, but you are probably looking for 'lotus'
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
red
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
jack
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
ethiopia
swp
...
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
swp
Dan Tilque
Mar 4, 2015, 4:44:40 AM3/4/15
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
--
Dan Tilque
Pete
Mar 5, 2015, 8:20:04 AM3/5/15
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:8e687736-7857-4bb2...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
Prince of Wales
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino
> belong?
Portugal
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978
> comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the
> 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
Billie Holiday
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares
> its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
Lotus
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
Green
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
Plink
> 10 With around 95
> million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
Algeria
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
news:8e687736-7857-4bb2...@googlegroups.com:
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino
> belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978
> comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the
> 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares
> its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95
> million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete
Calvin
Mar 9, 2015, 5:45:42 AM3/9/15
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On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8:21:11 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
Apologies for the delay- ISP issues.
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
Milan[o]
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
Archbishop of Canterbury
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
Pearl Buck
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
Malta
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
Dracula
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
Billie Holliday
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
Lotus
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
Red
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
Jack or Kitty
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
Ethiopia
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 382
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 56 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 54 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 49 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 48 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 43 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 34 David Brown
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 25 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 25 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 4 5 2 7 7 8 6 5 2 56 56%
Stephen takes a tough one with perfect round.
cheers,
calvin
Apologies for the delay- ISP issues.
> 1 Which city is the centre of the Italian fashion industry?
> 2 Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
> 3 Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 novel The Good Earth?
> 4 To which European country do the islands of Gozo and Comino belong?
> 5 Which character did George Hamilton play in the 1978 comedy Love at First Bite?
> 6 Who did Diana Ross portray in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?
> 7 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?
> 8 In heraldry, what colour is represented by the tincture gules?
> 9 What is the name of the white target ball in lawn bowls?
> 10 With around 95 million people, what is the second most populous country in Africa?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 382
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 56 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 54 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 49 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 48 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 43 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 34 David Brown
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 25 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 25 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 4 5 2 7 7 8 6 5 2 56 56%
Stephen takes a tough one with perfect round.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Mar 9, 2015, 9:59:54 AM3/9/15
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"Calvin":
> TOTAL ...
> 10 ... Stephen Perry
> 9 ... Chris Johnson
> 8 ... Peter Smyth
> 7 ... Mark Brader
> 6 ... Marc Dashevsky
> 5 ... David Brown
> 4 ... Dan Tilque
> 3 ... Pete Gayde
> 3 ... Bjorn Lundin
> 1 ... Erland S
Oooh, nice pattern! A pity Pete and Björn couldn't complete it by
agreeing as to which of them was only going to get 2 right.
--
Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost
Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough
m...@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry
> TOTAL ...
> 10 ... Stephen Perry
> 9 ... Chris Johnson
> 8 ... Peter Smyth
> 7 ... Mark Brader
> 6 ... Marc Dashevsky
> 5 ... David Brown
> 4 ... Dan Tilque
> 3 ... Pete Gayde
> 3 ... Bjorn Lundin
> 1 ... Erland S
Oooh, nice pattern! A pity Pete and Björn couldn't complete it by
agreeing as to which of them was only going to get 2 right.
--
Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost
Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough
m...@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry
Calvin
Mar 11, 2015, 8:05:11 PM3/11/15
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On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 11:59:54 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > TOTAL ...
> > 10 ... Stephen Perry
> > 9 ... Chris Johnson
> > 8 ... Peter Smyth
> > 7 ... Mark Brader
> > 6 ... Marc Dashevsky
> > 5 ... David Brown
> > 4 ... Dan Tilque
> > 3 ... Pete Gayde
> > 3 ... Bjorn Lundin
> > 1 ... Erland S
>
> Oooh, nice pattern! A pity Pete and Björn couldn't complete it by
> agreeing as to which of them was only going to get 2 right.
I'll try to find a one point penalty somewhere :-)
> "Calvin":
> > TOTAL ...
> > 10 ... Stephen Perry
> > 9 ... Chris Johnson
> > 8 ... Peter Smyth
> > 7 ... Mark Brader
> > 6 ... Marc Dashevsky
> > 5 ... David Brown
> > 4 ... Dan Tilque
> > 3 ... Pete Gayde
> > 3 ... Bjorn Lundin
> > 1 ... Erland S
>
> Oooh, nice pattern! A pity Pete and Björn couldn't complete it by
> agreeing as to which of them was only going to get 2 right.
cheers,
calvin
Björn Lundin
Mar 12, 2015, 8:05:27 AM3/12/15
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Björn
Peter Smyth
Mar 13, 2015, 2:14:03 PM3/13/15
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Fitzgerald should have been marked wrong for Q6.
Peter Smyth
Björn Lundin
Mar 13, 2015, 5:28:08 PM3/13/15
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--
Björn
Calvin
Mar 14, 2015, 10:44:57 PM3/14/15
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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 382
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 53 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 48 Peter Smyth
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 47 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 42 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 34 David Brown
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 24 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 18 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 4 5 2 7 6 8 6 5 2 55 55%
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
Is that the perfect quiz then?
cheers,
calvin
swp
Mar 15, 2015, 7:14:31 PM3/15/15
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