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Calvin

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Mar 9, 2016, 8:40:01 PM3/9/16
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1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?
2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?
3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?
4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?
6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?
7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?
9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?
10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?

cheers,
calvin

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Mar 9, 2016, 10:08:28 PM3/9/16
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On 2016-03-10, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?

Warren

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?

Space

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?

Liverpool

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?

Argentina

> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?

Denny Laine

> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?

Gunpowder

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?

Alex Hyde-White

> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?

count

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Chris F.A. Johnson

Gareth Owen

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Mar 10, 2016, 1:01:22 AM3/10/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of
> President John F Kennedy?

(Earl) Warren

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel
> where?

Space

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV
> in 1984?

Tommy Cooper

> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?

Liverpool

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which
> country?

Nicaragua??

> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues
> guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?

Denny Laine (lol)

> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and
> charcoal?

Gunpowder

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana
> Jones & the Last Crusade'?

River Phoenix

> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure
> of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of
> the crank per minute?

Cadence

Pete

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Mar 10, 2016, 1:53:07 AM3/10/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:a0cce1b6-bd28-4010...@googlegroups.com:

>
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination
> of President John F Kennedy?

Warren

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was
> the first tourist to travel where?

North Korea

> 4 Which British comedian
> suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?

Liverpool

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza
> are among the largest cities in which country?

Argentina

> 7 Not to be
> confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a
> founding member of the band Wings?

Denny Laine

> 8 Which substance's three
> components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?

TNT

> 9 Who portrayed
> the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last
> Crusade'?
> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat,
> rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number
> of revolutions of the crank per minute?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete

Mark Brader

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Mar 10, 2016, 2:32:18 AM3/10/16
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"Calvin":
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico.

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the
> assassination of President John F Kennedy?

Warren.

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to
> travel where?

Space.

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on
> live TV in 1984?

Flowers?

> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?

Liverpool.

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities
> in which country?

Argentina.

> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody
> Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?

Let It Johnson.

> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur
> and charcoal?

Gunpowder.

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film
> 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?

River Phoenix.

> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate,
> or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the
> number of revolutions of the crank per minute?

Cadence.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | ... "reasonable system" is of course defined as
m...@vex.net | "any one *I've* ever used..." -- Steve Summit

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Erland Sommarskog

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Mar 10, 2016, 3:47:37 AM3/10/16
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

México

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel
> where?

Space

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which
> country?

Argentina


> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and
> charcoal?

Gun powder




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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Marc Dashevsky

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Mar 10, 2016, 9:23:25 AM3/10/16
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In article <a0cce1b6-bd28-4010...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?
Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?
Earl Warren

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?
space (orbiting the earth)

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?
> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?
> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
Denny Lane

> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?
gunpowder

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?
> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?
>
> cheers,
> calvin



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Peter Smyth

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Mar 10, 2016, 1:26:20 PM3/10/16
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Calvin wrote:


> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?
Mexico
> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of
> President John F Kennedy?
Warren
> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel
> where?
International Space Station
> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV
> in 1984?
Tommy Cooper
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?
Liverpool
> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which
> country?
Uruguay
> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues
> guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
Denny Laine
> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and
> charcoal?
Gunpowder
> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana
> Jones & the Last Crusade'?
>
> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure
> of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of
> the crank per minute?
Cadence

Peter Smyth

bbowler

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Mar 10, 2016, 1:45:35 PM3/10/16
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On Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:40:00 -0800, Calvin wrote:

> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of
> President John F Kennedy?

Warren

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel
where?

Space

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV
in
> 1984?
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?
> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which
> country?
> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues
> guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and
> charcoal?

gun powder

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana
Jones
> & the Last Crusade'?
> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure
of
> any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the
> crank per minute?

Cadence



Joe

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Mar 10, 2016, 2:56:19 PM3/10/16
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On 2016-03-10 01:40:00 +0000, Calvin said:

> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of
> President John F Kennedy?

Warren

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?

Space

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?

Tommy Cooper

> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?

Liverpool

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?

Venezuela

> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues
> guitarist was
> a founding member of the band Wings?

Denny Lane

> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?

Gunpowder

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones
> & the Last Crusade'?

Leonardo Di Caprio

> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure
> of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of
> the crank per minute?

Cycle (or is that too obvious?)

>
> cheers,
> calvin


--
“To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.”
― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe

Dan Tilque

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Mar 10, 2016, 4:19:57 PM3/10/16
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?

Warren Berger

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?

into orbit

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?

Birmingham ?

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?

Uruguay ?

> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?

gunpowder

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?
> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?

count


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Dan Tilque

ArenEss

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Mar 11, 2016, 11:26:20 AM3/11/16
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:40:00 -0800 (PST), Calvin <334...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?
Mexico?

>2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?
Earl Warren?

>3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?
Outer Space?

>4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
>5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?
Liverpool?

>6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?
>7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
Denny Laine?

>8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?
Gunpowder?
>9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?
River Phoenix?

>10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?
Cadence? (never heard it in reference to cycling though!)

ArenEss

>
>cheers,
>calvin

Björn Lundin

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Mar 11, 2016, 5:22:32 PM3/11/16
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On 2016-03-10 02:40, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?
Mexico
> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?
> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?
into Space
> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?
Birmingham?
> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?
Honduras?
> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?
> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?
> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>


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Björn

Calvin

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Mar 17, 2016, 1:51:32 AM3/17/16
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On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 11:40:01 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?

Mexico

> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?

Earl Warren

> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?

Space

> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?

Tommy Cooper
Just like that

> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?

Liverpool

> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?

Argentina

> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?

Denny Laine

> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?

Gunpowder

> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?

River Phoenix

> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?

Cadence


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 430
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 67 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 61 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 64 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 64 Aren Ess
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 59 Joe
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 60 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 39 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 47 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 49 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 37 Erland S
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 33 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
12 9 11 3 7 4 7 10 3 5 71 59%

Congratulations Gareth. 12 players is the most we have had for a while :-)

cheers,
calvin

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