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Calvin

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Nov 20, 2011, 6:58:20 PM11/20/11
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1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice won
the Eurovision Song Contest?
2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?
3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?
4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?
5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?
6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?
7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?
8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?
9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?
10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

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Mark Brader

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Nov 20, 2011, 7:56:56 PM11/20/11
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"Calvin":
> 1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice won
> the Eurovision Song Contest?
> 2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Ecuador.

> 3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?

"Moulin Rouge" was a different movie; the one Kidman was in was
"Moulin Rouge!" But as to the question, I forget.

> 4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?
> 5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

Aron.

> 6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?
> 7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?
> 8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?

Wilder.

> 9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

An artery.

> 10 On average, who lives longer -- married men or bachelors?

Married men.
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m...@vex.net | is large enough not to listen to it. --Alan Kay

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Pete

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Nov 20, 2011, 10:14:07 PM11/20/11
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Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.v49rj...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:

>
>
> 1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have
> twice won the Eurovision Song Contest?
> 2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile

> 3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?
> 4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?
> 5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

Aron

> 6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Cheese

> 7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?

Men at Work

> 8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?

Gene Wilder

> 9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

Brain

> 10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

Married men

>

Pete

Marc Dashevsky

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Nov 20, 2011, 10:28:36 PM11/20/11
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In article <op.v49rj...@04233-26jz62s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...
>
>
> 1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice won
> the Eurovision Song Contest?
> 2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?
USA

> 3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?
> 4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?
pina colata

> 5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?
Aron

> 6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?
cheese

> 7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?
> 8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?
Gene Wilder

> 9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?
brain

> 10 On average, who lives longer â€=3F married men or bachelors?
married

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Dan Tilque

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Nov 20, 2011, 11:26:36 PM11/20/11
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Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice
> won the Eurovision Song Contest?
> 2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile

> 3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?
> 4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?
> 5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

Thaddeus

> 6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Italian desserts

> 7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?

Men at Work (standard answer for questions about Australian bands)

> 8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?

Gene Wilder (and that's Frahnkensteen)

> 9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

brain

> 10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

married


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Dan Tilque

"I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex-starved
teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial
Academy training manuals..."
-- "Labyrinth", Lois McMaster Bujold

Erland Sommarskog

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Nov 21, 2011, 3:36:28 AM11/21/11
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Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice
> won the Eurovision Song Contest?

Johnny Logan

> 2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile

> 4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?

Piña colada

> 6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Cheese

> 7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?

The Go-Betweens

> 9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

The blood system

> 10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

Married men


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Peter Smyth

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Nov 21, 2011, 3:40:24 AM11/21/11
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"Calvin" wrote in message
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>
>
>
>1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice won
>the Eurovision Song Contest?
Johnny Logan
>2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?
Chile
>3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?
>4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?
Pina Colada
>5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?
Aaron
>6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?
Cheese
>7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?
>8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?
>9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?
Blood vessels
>10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?
Bachelors

Peter Smyth

David B

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Nov 21, 2011, 4:54:53 AM11/21/11
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2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile.

3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?

Bob Hoskins.

4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?

Pina Colada.

5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

John.

6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Cheese.

7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?

Men at Work.

8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?

Gene Wilder.

9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

The Brain.

10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

Bachelors.

Bruce Bowler

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Nov 21, 2011, 8:08:38 AM11/21/11
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:58:20 +1000, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice
> won the Eurovision Song Contest?
> 2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile

> 3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?
> 4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?

Pina Colada

> 5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

Aron (what it says on his birth certificate) or Aaron (what it says on his
tomb stone)

> 6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Cheese

> 7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?
> 8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?

Gene Wilder

> 9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

Blood vessels

> 10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

Married men

Bruce

Joachim Parsch

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Nov 21, 2011, 9:47:49 AM11/21/11
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Calvin schrieb:
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> 1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice won
> the Eurovision Song Contest?

Johnny Logan.

> 2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile.

> 3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?

Ewan McGregor.

> 4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?

Pinacolada?

> 5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?
> 6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Cheese.

> 7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?

Men at Work.

> 8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?
> 9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

Blood Vessels.

> 10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

Married Men.

Joachim

Russ

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:39:07 PM11/22/11
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:58:20 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:

>
>1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice won
>the Eurovision Song Contest?

No clue!

>2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile

>3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?

Ewam McGregor

>4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?
Pina Colada

>5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

Aron

>6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Cheese, but used in dessert dishes, such as Tiramasu

>7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?

Just a guess, maybe Men At Work?

>8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?

Gene Wilder

>9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

Blood vessels in the brain

>10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

Bachelors (they ton't have all the stress of a wife! LOL )


Russ


Russ

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Nov 23, 2011, 11:34:23 AM11/23/11
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Calvin

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Nov 27, 2011, 7:55:50 PM11/27/11
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:58:20 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:

Can someone reply so I know this was posted successfully?


1 Which Australian-born Irishman is the only performer to have twice won
the Eurovision Song Contest?

Johnny Logan
3/10

2 Which country has owned Easter Island since 1888?

Chile
8/10

3 Who starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!?

Ewan McGregor
2/10

4 Rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk make up which cocktail?

Pina Colada
7/10

5 What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

Aron / Aaron
7/10

6 Mascarpone is a variety of which type of food?

Cheese
8/10

7 Daniel Johns was the lead singer of which Australian band?

Silverchair
0/10

8 Who played the title role in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein?

Gene Wilder
7/10

9 What part of the body is affected by an aneurysm?

Blood vessel or similar
6/10

10 On average, who lives longer – married men or bachelors?

Married men!
7/10


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 180
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 Joachim Parsch
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Russ
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 Erland S
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 Peter Smyth
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 David Brown
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 Mark Brader
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 8 2 7 7 8 0 7 6 7 55 55%


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swp

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Nov 27, 2011, 11:16:59 PM11/27/11
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On Sunday, November 27, 2011 7:55:50 PM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:58:20 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
>
> Can someone reply so I know this was posted successfully?

'reply'

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