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Calvin

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Oct 2, 2017, 9:39:21 PM10/2/17
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In which river was Jesus baptised?
Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?
Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?
Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?
What is the state capital of Louisiana?
Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   
American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname?
Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?
In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?
What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?


cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Oct 2, 2017, 11:14:28 PM10/2/17
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"Calvin":
> [1] In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan.

> [2] Who was Nicole Kidman's co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?

Someone I've heard of, I'm sure...

> [3] Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

Crab?

> [4] Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master
> Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?

> [5] What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge.

> [6] Which English king signed The Magna Carta?

John.

> [7] American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a
> high school nickname?

Meat Loaf.

> [8] Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

Michigan.

> [9] In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the
> Fairies?

Puck? Whoever it was, I bet he's in "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

> [10] What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

The air. :-) They're all winds.
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Dan Blum

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Oct 2, 2017, 11:16:34 PM10/2/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan

> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

crab

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?

Eat Drink Man Woman

> What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta? ??

John

> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

Michigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?

Oberon

> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

winds

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Dan Tilque

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Oct 3, 2017, 12:36:32 AM10/3/17
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Calvin wrote:
> In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?

Tom Cruise

> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

lobster

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?
> What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?

John

> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname?
> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

MIchigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?

Oberon

> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

winds



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Erland Sommarskog

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Oct 3, 2017, 3:14:48 AM10/3/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan

> What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   

John without land

> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

Michigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?

The elf king

> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?
>

Not sure that they connect to each other, but they are all winds.

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Peter Smyth

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Oct 3, 2017, 9:45:56 AM10/3/17
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Calvin wrote:

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> In which river was Jesus baptised?
Jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?

> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?
Spider?

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef
> and his three unmarried daughters?

> What is the state capital of Louisiana?
Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   
King John

> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high
> school nickname?
Meat Loaf

> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?
Michigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?
Oberon

> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?
Winds

Peter Smyth

Bruce Bowler

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Oct 3, 2017, 9:52:11 AM10/3/17
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2017 18:39:20 -0700, Calvin wrote:

> In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?
> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

Crabs

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef
> and his three unmarried daughters?
> What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?

James

> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high
> school nickname?
> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

Michigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?
> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

They're all names of winds

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin

Marc Dashevsky

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Oct 3, 2017, 11:10:12 AM10/3/17
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In article <978b1707-4d92-4bc7...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> In which river was Jesus baptised?
Jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman?s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?
> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?
crab

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?
Eat Drink Man oman

> What is the state capital of Louisiana?
Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?
John

> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname?
> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?
Michigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?
> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?
winds

> cheers,
> calvin



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Marc Dashevsky

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Oct 3, 2017, 11:32:13 AM10/3/17
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In article <MPG.343d645...@news.eternal-september.org>, use...@MarcDashevsky.com says...
>
> In article <978b1707-4d92-4bc7...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > In which river was Jesus baptised?
> Jordan
>
> > Who was Nicole Kidman?s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?
> > Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?
> crab
>
> > Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?
> Eat Drink Man oman
I'm missing a W keycap, hence "oman" rather than "woman"

Gareth Owen

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Oct 3, 2017, 1:47:42 PM10/3/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?

Ewan Macgregor

> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

A crab

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese
> chef and his three unmarried daughters?

The Joy Luck Club?

> What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge?

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   

King John was not a good man,
He had his little ways,
And sometimes no-one spoke to him
For days and days and days

> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high
> school nickname?

Meat Loaf

> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

Michigan?

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the
> Fairies?

Oberon

> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

Winds

swp

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Oct 3, 2017, 7:29:33 PM10/3/17
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On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 9:39:21 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> In which river was Jesus baptised?

jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?

ewan mcgregor

> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

crab

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?

eat drink man woman

> What is the state capital of Louisiana?

baton rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?

king john
  
> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname?

meatlloaf

> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

mochigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?

oberon

> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

they re all types of wind


swp

Pete Gayde

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Oct 4, 2017, 12:23:18 AM10/4/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:978b1707-4d92-4bc7...@googlegroups.com:

>
> In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?
> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

Snake

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese
> chef and his three unmarried daughters?
< What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?

James I

> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high
> school nickname?
> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

Michigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the
> Fairies?
> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

Wind

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

Calvin

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Oct 8, 2017, 11:15:29 PM10/8/17
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On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 11:39:21 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

Apologies for the lck of quesiton numbers, but please do NOT delete any questions when you reply.

> In which river was Jesus baptised?

Jordan

> Who was Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge"?

Exam McGregor

> Which creature moves in a laterigrade fashion?

Crab

> Which 1994 Ang Lee film concerns a widower who is a master Chinese chef and his three unmarried daughters?

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

> What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge

> Which English king signed The Magna Carta?   

John

> American rocker Marvin Lee Aday (b. 1947) is better known by a high school nickname?

Meatloaf

> Which US state is known as the "Great Lakes State"?

Michigan

> In medieval and Renaissance literature, who was the King of the Fairies?

Oberon

> What connects Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco?

All are winds


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 504
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 70 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 67 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 63 Dan Blum
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 58 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 59 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 59 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 60 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 55 Bruce Bowler
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 49 Erland S
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 40 Pete Gayde
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
10 2 6 3 10 9 5 10 5 10 70 70%

Congratulations Stephen.


cheers,
calvin

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