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Calvin

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Oct 19, 2011, 9:41:54 PM10/19/11
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1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
tale?
2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?
3 What is a carillon?
4 What is oology the study of?
5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?
6 Which day's child is loving and giving?
7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?
8 If wishes were horses?
9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

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cheers,
calvin

Jeffrey Turner

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Oct 19, 2011, 10:45:03 PM10/19/11
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On 10/19/2011 9:41 PM, Calvin wrote:
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>
> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
> tale?
> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?
Mother
> 3 What is a carillon?
Bells
> 4 What is oology the study of?
Eggs
> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?
Will
> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?
Thursday
> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?
> 8 If wishes were horses?
Beggars would ride
> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?
Bosporus

--Jeff

Mark Brader

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Oct 19, 2011, 10:53:05 PM10/19/11
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"Calvin":
> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
> tale?

Rapunzel?

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

Amanda.

> 3 What is a carillon?

A set of bells.

> 4 What is oology the study of?

Eggs, I suppose.

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?

A will.

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Wednesday?

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?

"Dick Tracy".

> 8 If wishes were horses?

Beggars would ride.

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

The Dardanelles.
--
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m...@vex.net | to invent a new crime" -- Laurence A. Urgenson

My text in this article is in the public domain.

swp

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Oct 19, 2011, 11:33:19 PM10/19/11
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On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9:41:54 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
> tale?

rapunzel

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

mom

> 3 What is a carillon?

a bunch of bells in a tower that get played like a musical instrument

> 4 What is oology the study of?

eggs

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?

at the end of a will

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

wednesday

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?

dick tracy

> 8 If wishes were horses?

beggers would ride for free

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?

dancing in the streets

> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

dardanels

robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker

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Oct 20, 2011, 12:15:35 AM10/20/11
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> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
> tale?

Rapunzel (?)

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

mother (50% chance here)

> 3 What is a carillon?

a set of bells

> 4 What is oology the study of?

eggs

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?

attached to a will

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Friday's

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?

Dick Tracy

> 8 If wishes were horses?

never heard this

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?

Dancing In The Streets

> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

The Dardanelles


Rob


Erland Sommarskog

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Oct 20, 2011, 3:28:48 AM10/20/11
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Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
> 8 If wishes were horses?

Then I wish you would ask simpler questions

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?

Dancing in the Street

> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

The Dardanells



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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

David B

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Oct 20, 2011, 6:48:22 AM10/20/11
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2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

His Mother.

4 What is oology the study of?

Eggs.

6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Wednesdays.

9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?

Dancing in the Street.

Joachim Parsch

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Oct 20, 2011, 10:35:30 AM10/20/11
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Calvin schrieb:
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> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
> tale?

Rapunzel.

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

Mother.

> 3 What is a carillon?
> 4 What is oology the study of?
> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?
> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Must be my birthday...

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?

Dick Tracy.

> 8 If wishes were horses?

...pigs could fly.

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

Dardanells.

Joachim

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Oct 20, 2011, 4:14:16 PM10/20/11
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On 2011-10-20, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
> tale?

Rapunzel

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?
> 3 What is a carillon?

A set of bells played with a "keyboard".

> 4 What is oology the study of?

Eggs

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?

Attached to a will

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Friday's

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?
> 8 If wishes were horses?

Beggars would ride

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

The Dardanelles


--
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Dan Tilque

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Oct 21, 2011, 1:24:45 AM10/21/11
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Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm
> fairy tale?
> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

mother

> 3 What is a carillon?

carnival ride

> 4 What is oology the study of?

eggs

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?

footnote of a document

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Sunday's

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990
> film?
> 8 If wishes were horses?

we'd all ride

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

Dardanelles


--
Dan Tilque

Nale: Sabine, find us a lair, somewhere we can hole up for 2 to 3 weeks.
Someplace where no one will notice a teenage schoolgirl bound and gagged.
Sabine: I'll start near the hentai bookstore and work my way out.
-- Rich Burlew, OotS#258

Marc Dashevsky

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Oct 21, 2011, 3:01:52 PM10/21/11
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In article <op.v3mmz...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...
>
>
> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy tale?
Rapunzel

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?
mother

> 3 What is a carillon?
musical instrument which uses a keyboard and pedals to ring bells

> 4 What is oology the study of?
eggs

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?
in a will

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?
> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?
> 8 If wishes were horses?
> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?
Dardenelles

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Pete

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Oct 22, 2011, 6:25:50 PM10/22/11
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Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.v3mmz...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:

>
>
> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm
> fairy tale?

Rapunzel

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

His mother

> 3 What is a carillon?

Bell tower

> 4 What is oology the study of?

Zero

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?

Mathematics

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Saturday

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which
> 1990 film?
> 8 If wishes were horses?
> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?
> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

Dardenelles

>

Pete

Calvin

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Oct 23, 2011, 6:53:14 PM10/23/11
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:41:54 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:


> 1 The 2010 Disney film Tangled was based on which Brothers Grimm fairy
> tale?

Rapunzel
8/11

> 2 In Star Trek, which of Mr Spock's parents was human?

His mother / Amanda
8/11

> 3 What is a carillon?

A musical instrument
7/11

> 4 What is oology the study of?

Eggs
8/11

> 5 Where would one most likely find a codicil?

In a will or other legal document
7/11

> 6 Which day's child is loving and giving?

Friday's
2/11

> 7 Madonna played a character named Breathless Mahoney in which 1990 film?

Dick Tracey
4/11

> 8 If wishes were horses?

Beggars would ride (or similar)
5/11
lol @ pigs could fly

> 9 Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a 1985 hit with which song?

Dancing in the Streets
4/11

> 10 The Turkish town of Gallipoli lies above which strait?

The Dardanelles
9/11


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 171
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 Chris Johnson
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 David Brown
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Erland S
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 Joachim Parsch
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 8 7 8 7 2 4 5 4 9 62 56%


Russ disappears and Stephen returns. It's all very suspicious I tells ya.


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cheers,
calvin

Russ

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Oct 23, 2011, 7:38:32 PM10/23/11
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Sorry to disappoint you Calvin once again. Was out-of-town, away from
my computer. Just got back tonight (Sunday).

Russ
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