Calvin's Quiz #129
Calvin
1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day
country?
10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
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calvin
Mark Brader
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
"Wind Beneath My Wings"?
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
On an exterior wall.
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Franklin. Although I'm not sure if he was American at the time.
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario.
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Angelina Jolie?
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise. And if not, they should be. :-)
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium.
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
Winchester Cathedral?
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern
> day country?
Tunisia.
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
At least 5, and I think a couple of others are counted, so I'll say 8.
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Marc Dashevsky
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>
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Benjamin Franklin
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Jennifer Aniston
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
counterclockwise
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day country?
Libya
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
12
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John Masters
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
Wind beneath my wings
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
On a wall
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Smith
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Angelina Jolie
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
Canterbury Cathedral
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern
> day country?
Iran
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
23
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Dan Tilque
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>
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
California Girls
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
on a wall
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Ben Franklin
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Quebec
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Angelina Jolie
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
clockwise
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
Canterbury Cathedral
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern
> day country?
Tunisia
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
4
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Dan Tilque
Rob Parker
Wind Beneath My Wings
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
on a wall
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Benjamin Franklin
[According to today's "On This Day" column in 'The Age', he revealed this in
a letter to a friend on 23 May 1785]
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario (?)
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Mrs. Pitt
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
Canterbury Cathedral
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day
> country?
Tunisia
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
12
Rob
Chris F.A. Johnson
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>
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
On a wall
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Ben Franklin
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Jennifer Aniston
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Yes!
Clockwise
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
Canterbury Cathedral
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day
> country?
Tunisia
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
8 (but numbered 1..3, 5..7, 9 and 12)
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> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
In the ceiling
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
You are really obsessed with marriages, aren't you? I guess he married
his fiancé. I mean, who else would it have been?
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
The Tower
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which
> modern day country?
Tunisia
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
12
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Stan Brown
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> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
"Wind beneath my Wings"
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
On a plaster wall, most commonly in Italian churches
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Benjamin Franklin
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Angeline Jolie?
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
It's a 50-50 shot, so I'll say counter-clockwise.
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium.
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
Canterbury Cathedral
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day
> country?
Tunisia
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
12
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Stan Brown
> > 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
>
> Franklin. Although I'm not sure if he was American at the time.
If I'm not mistaken, the King's North American subjects were called
Americans long before there was a United States of America. I'm
virtually certain that the King's colonies were called American
colonies.
David
Peaches - The Stranglers.
2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
Painted directly on a wall.
3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Quebec.
5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Jennifer Aniston.
6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise.
7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium.
8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day
country?
Tunisia.
10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
Eight.
swp
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
wind beneath my wings
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
on a wall
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
ben franklin
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
ontario
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
jennifer aniston
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
clockwise (and over here we say 'counterclockwise')
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
westminster abby
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day
> country?
tunis
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
8 (they skip some numbers on the way up to 12)
swp
Peter Smyth
news:op.vvwt7...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
>2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
>3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
>4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
>5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
>6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
>7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
>8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
>9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern day
>country?
>10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
Peter Smyth
Pete
news:op.vvwt7...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
>
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
On a wall
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Franklin
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Jennifer Aniston
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
St. Paul's cathedral
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which
> modern day country?
Tunisia
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either
> way)
12
>
>
Pete
Dan Tilque
> On May 22, 9:24 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
>> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
>
> clockwise (and over here we say 'counterclockwise')
Don't the clocks run widdershins Down Under?
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Dan Tilque
Calvin
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
Wind Beneath My Wings
5/12
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
On a wall or ceiling
12/12
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
Benjamin Franklin
8/12
Does anyone have access to the OED to find out when the term American was
first used in this sense?
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
Ontario
10/12
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
Jenifer Aniston
6/12
And I couldn't care less about such things, but it is unreasonable to only
write questions on topics than I am interested in.
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise, even in the souther hemisphere thanks Dan :-)
10/12
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
12/12
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
Canterbury Cathedral
6/12
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern
> day country?
Tunisia
10/12
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
8 [oddly, since there is a B12]
4/12
And people either knew it or not, so the tolerance either way was of no
use.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 129
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Chris Johnson
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 David
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 Erland S
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 John Masters
0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 8 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 Stan Brown
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
5 12 8 10 6 10 12 6 10 4 83 TOTAL
69%
Chris and Stephen share the honours.
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
> > 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
>
> 8 [oddly, since there is a B12]
> 4/12
> And people either knew it or not, so the tolerance either way was of no
> use.
No, I didn't. See the comment in my posting.
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Jeffrey Turner
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>
> 1 What was the theme song to the 1988 movie Beaches?
> 2 Where would one find a fresco painting?
> 3 Which American invented bifocal spectacles?
> 4 What is the largest Canadian province by population?
> 5 Who did Brad Pitt marry in 2000?
> 6 Are Formula One races usually run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
> 7 K is the chemical symbol for which element?
> 8 In which English building was Thomas Beckett murdered in 1170?
> 9 The site of the ancient city of Carthage is located in which modern
> day country?
> 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
--Jeff
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It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
Calvin
> "Calvin":
>> > 10 How many different B vitamins are there? (allowing 2 either way)
>>
>> 8 [oddly, since there is a B12]
>> 4/12
>> And people either knew it or not, so the tolerance either way was of no
>> use.
>
> No, I didn't. See the comment in my posting.
OK then. Mark didn't "know" it, but got the answer spot-on anyway.
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cheers,
calvin