Calvin's Quiz #168
Calvin
1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
which author?
2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star Michelin
restaurants?
7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972 hit
'You're So Vain'?
9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998 Oscar-winning
film?
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
> which author?
Thompson.
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
7.
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia.
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
Keaton.
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star Michelin
> restaurants?
Tokyo?
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
None that I know of. But Michael Dukakis had a relative of that name.
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972 hit
> 'You're So Vain'?
Beatty?
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
Cob.
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998 Oscar-winning
> film?
I'll have to go with "Shakespeare in Love"; the year is right and Rush
was in it, but I don't remember Firth being.
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Chris F.A. Johnson
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> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
> which author?
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come
up?
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie
Hall'?
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star Michelin
> restaurants?
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named
> Olympia?
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972 hit
> 'You're So Vain'?
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998 Oscar-winning
> film?
(I just watched the 2010 Oscar-winning film in which they both appeared.)
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Marc Dashevsky
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> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of which author?
"Gonzo" by James Booker, the great New Orleans keyboard player.)
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
7
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
Diane Keaton
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
The Shadows
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star Michelin restaurants?
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
Michael Dukakis
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972 hit 'You're So Vain'?
Warren Beatty
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
cob
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998 Oscar-winning film?
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Erland Sommarskog
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
7
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
The Seekers
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star
> Michelin restaurants?
I thought Lyon always was ahead of Paris. I guess Beijing.
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Mark Brader
> I'll have to go with "Shakespeare in Love"; the year is right and Rush
> was in it, but I don't remember Firth being.
But on checking, I see that he was Lord Wessex, the "bad guy" in the
romance. Interesting contrast to, for example, "Bridget Jones's Diary".
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John Masters
> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
> which author?
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
7
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
Diane Keaton
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
The Shadows
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star
> Michelin restaurants?
Rome
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972
> hit 'You're So Vain'?
Warren Beatty
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
Cob
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998
> Oscar-winning film?
Shakespeare in Love
Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
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> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
> which author?
Hunter S. Thompson.
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
7.
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
Diane Keaton.
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star Michelin
> restaurants?
London?
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
Michael Dukakis?
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972 hit
> 'You're So Vain'?
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998 Oscar-winning
> film?
Shakespeare in Love.
Joachim
Jeffrey Turner
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>
> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
> which author?
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star
> Michelin restaurants?
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972
> hit 'You're So Vain'?
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998
> Oscar-winning film?
--Jeff
Pete
news:op.v232t...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
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> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works
> of which author?
Hunter Thompson
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come
> up?
7
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie
> Hall'?
Diane Keaton
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
The Ventures
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star
> Michelin restaurants?
London
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named
> Olympia?
William Jennings Bryan
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly
> Simon's 1972 hit 'You're So Vain'?
Warren Beatty
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
Cob
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998
> Oscar-winning film?
The English Patient
>
>
Pete
Peter Smyth
news:op.v232t...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
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>1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
>which author?
>2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
>3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
>4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
>5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
>6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star Michelin
>restaurants?
>7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
>8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972 hit
>'You're So Vain'?
>9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
>10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998 Oscar-winning
>film?
Peter Smyth
Calvin
> 1 The term Gonzo Journalism was first coined to describe the works of
> which author?
Uncle Duke himself, Hunter S Thompson
6/9
> 2 If I throw two standard dice, what total is most likely to come up?
7
9/9
> 3 Which African country was once known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
8/9
> 4 Who played the title role in Woody Allen's 1977 film 'Annie Hall'?
Diane Keaton
7/9
> 5 Which band had a 1960 hit with the instrumental Apache?
The Shadows
2/9
> 6 Which national capital has overtaken Paris with the most 3-star
> Michelin restaurants?
Tokyo
2/9
> 7 Which one-time US presidential candidate had a sister named Olympia?
Michael Dukakis
5/9
> 8 Which American actor is reputedly the subject of Carly Simon's 1972
> hit 'You're So Vain'?
Warren Beatty
6/9
> 9 What name is given to an adult male swan?
Cob
7/9
> 10 Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both appeared in which 1998
> Oscar-winning film?
Shakespeare in Love
4/9
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 168
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0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 Chris Johnson
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Erland S
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Joachim Parsch
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 John Masters
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 Peter Smyth
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 9 8 7 2 2 5 6 7 4 56 62%
And Mark makes in two in a row.
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
> And Mark makes in two in a row.
And that's without allowing for the fact that I was the only one to
correctly answer the Dukakis question.
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