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Calvin

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Sep 17, 2018, 12:59:19 AM9/17/18
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1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which German engineer and physicist's wife?
2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which Japanese island?
3 What is the Australian equivalent of a South African braai?
4 A landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled 'Coming of Age in' where?
5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which American novelist?
6 Name either of the two 'generals' who, according to Tsar Nicholas I, 'will not fail me'?
7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?
8 What links the Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?
9 What is the name of the religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South Asia?
10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?

cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Sep 17, 2018, 1:34:47 AM9/17/18
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Calvin:
> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which
> German engineer and physicist's wife?

Röntgen.

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which
> Japanese island?

Kyushu.

> 3 What is the Australian equivalent of a South African braai?

Boomslang?

> 4 A landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled
> 'Coming of Age in' where?

Samoa.

> 5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which American novelist?

Ludlum.

> 6 Name either of the two 'generals' who, according to Tsar
> Nicholas I, 'will not fail me'?

Winter.

> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

Cranberry.

> 8 What links the Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?

Well, they were all English...

> 9 What is the name of the religious and social practice of female
> seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in
> South Asia?

Purdah.

> 10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?

Bagpipe player.
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Toronto, m...@vex.net have been atypical."

Dan Blum

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Sep 17, 2018, 9:49:25 AM9/17/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which German engineer and physicist's wife?

Wilhelm Roentgen

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which Japanese island?

Shikoku

> 4 A landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled 'Coming of Age in' where?

Samoa

> 5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which American novelist?

Robert Ludlum

> 6 Name either of the two 'generals' who, according to Tsar Nicholas I, 'will not fail me'?

Winter

> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

cranberry

> 8 What links the Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?

wrote English histories

> 10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?

pastry chef

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Pete Gayde

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Sep 17, 2018, 1:07:40 PM9/17/18
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:d3a64b9b-b9c1-434b...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which
> German engineer and physicist's wife?

Roentgen

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are
> among the prefectures located on which Japanese island?

Hokkaido

> 3 What is the Australian equivalent of a South African braai?
> 4 A landmark
> 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled 'Coming of Age
> in' where?
> 5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which
> American novelist?

Ludlum

> 6 Name either of the two 'generals' who,
> according to Tsar Nicholas I, 'will not fail me'?
> 7 Which sauce
> traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

Cranberry

> 8 What links the
> Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?
> 9 What is the
> name of the religious and social practice of female seclusion
> prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South Asia?
> 10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?

Baker

>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

Bruce Bowler

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Sep 17, 2018, 4:05:12 PM9/17/18
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On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:59:19 -0700, Calvin wrote:

> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which
> German engineer and physicist's wife?

Roentgen

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which
> Japanese island?

Honshu

> 3 What is the Australian equivalent of a South African braai?
> 4 A landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled
> 'Coming of Age in' where?

Samoa

> 5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which American
> novelist?
> 6 Name either of the two 'generals' who, according to Tsar Nicholas
I,
> 'will not fail me'?
> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

Cranberry

> 8 What links the Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?
> 9 What is the name of the religious and social practice of female
> seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South
> Asia?
> 10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?

Baker


Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 17, 2018, 4:28:31 PM9/17/18
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which
> German engineer and physicist's wife?

Wilhelm Röntgen

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which
> Japanese island?

Kyushu

> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

BBQ


Dan Tilque

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Sep 18, 2018, 11:25:20 PM9/18/18
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which German engineer and physicist's wife?

Roentgen

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which Japanese island?
> 3 What is the Australian equivalent of a South African braai?
> 4 A landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled 'Coming of Age in' where?

Samoa

> 5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which American novelist?
> 6 Name either of the two 'generals' who, according to Tsar Nicholas I, 'will not fail me'?
> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

cranberry

> 8 What links the Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?

day (month-day) of death ??

> 9 What is the name of the religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South Asia?

purdah

> 10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?



--
Dan Tilque

swp

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Sep 19, 2018, 9:27:05 PM9/19/18
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On Monday, September 17, 2018 at 12:59:19 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which German engineer and physicist's wife?

röntgen

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which Japanese island?

kyushu

> 3 What is the Australian equivalent of a South African braai?

barbie

> 4 A landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled 'Coming of Age in' where?

samoa [note: she was from Doylestown, PA where I currently reside]

> 5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which American novelist?

ludlum

> 6 Name either of the two 'generals' who, according to Tsar Nicholas I, 'will not fail me'?

january ; february

> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

cranberry

> 8 What links the Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?

saint george [dragon slayer, ladies man, room temperature iq]

> 9 What is the name of the religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South Asia?

purdah

> 10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?

pastry chef

swp

Calvin

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Sep 19, 2018, 10:39:48 PM9/19/18
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On Monday, September 17, 2018 at 2:59:19 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 In 1895, the first X-ray of the human body was the hand of which German engineer and physicist's wife?

Wilhelm Rontgen

> 2 Fukuoka and Nagasaki are among the prefectures located on which Japanese island?

Kyushu

> 3 What is the Australian equivalent of a South African braai?

Barbecue
Singleton for Stephen

> 4 A landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead is titled 'Coming of Age in' where?

Samoa

> 5 The film character Jason Bourne was created by which American novelist?

Robert Ludlum

> 6 Name either of the two 'generals' who, according to Tsar Nicholas I, 'will not fail me'?

January or February
Singleton for Stephen. A few people answered winter which was on the right track.

> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?

Cranberry
One entrant answered BBQ, but alas not for Q3.

> 8 What links the Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great and William Caxton?

[All wrote or commissioned versions of the] Bible
No one got this.

> 9 What is the name of the religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities in South Asia?

Purdah

> 10 Which occupation commonly uses a piping bag?

Chef [or similar]


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 536
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 35 Stephen Perry
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 29 Mark Brader
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 27 Dan Blum
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 22 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 22 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 23 Bruce Bowler
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 17 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 3 1 5 4 1 7 0 3 4 35 50%

Congratulations Stephen. It was a tough one!

cheers,
calvin

Erland Sommarskog

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Sep 20, 2018, 2:43:03 PM9/20/18
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?
>
> Cranberry
> One entrant answered BBQ, but alas not for Q3.

But nevertheless I got a point for it! Which does not exactly seem
right...

Calvin

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Sep 27, 2018, 7:32:00 PM9/27/18
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4:43:03 AM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> >> 7 Which sauce traditionally accompanies turkey at Thanksgiving?
> >
> > Cranberry
> > One entrant answered BBQ, but alas not for Q3.
>
> But nevertheless I got a point for it! Which does not exactly seem
> right...

An acquaintance of mine does this deliberately at the local trivia venue (i.e. if he has no idea then submits the correct answer to a different question) and occasionally has it marked correct by rushed markers.

-1 for Erland.

cheers,
calvin


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