On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:22:30 +1000, Calvin <
cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 Bakelite is a variety of what?
Plastic / Polymer
> 2 Scott Joplin's tune The Entertainer was the theme for which 1973 movie?
The Sting
> 3 Which breed of dog shares its name with the French verb to tunnel?
Terrier
Though the French verb is spelt "terrer" as Erland and mark pointed out.
> 4 Who owned Harrods department store from 1985 to 2010?
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Yes, I needed his name :-)
> 5 What does the Beaufort scale measure?
Wind speed / force
> 6 What was the name of the cruise ship which sank in the Mediterranean?
Costa Concordia
I should have added the date sorry. The question was originally written
some months ago.
> 7 What was the name of the rabbit in the 1942 movie Bambi?
Thumper
> 8 Who was Minister for Propaganda in Nazi Germany during WW2?
Joseph Goebbels
And I accepted various idiosyncratic spellings ;-)
> 9 What does the ‘G’ stand for in G-Force?
Gravity / Gravitational
> 10 Which band was initially called The Quarrymen?
The [Silver] Beatles
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 235
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 David Brown
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 John Masters
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Joachim Parsch
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 Stan Brown
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 Erland S
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13 14 8 8 15 13 14 14 15 15 129 81%
Congratulations Bruce and Stephen.
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cheers,
calvin