Calvin's Quiz #159
Calvin
1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986 hit
You Can Call Me Al?
2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
existence of God?
5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986 hit
> You Can Call Me Al?
Nielsen?
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong.
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Cook?
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
Agnostic.
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
North.
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
Blood pressure.
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda.
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5.
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
Boxing.
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
Every 10 years.
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Marc Dashevsky
>
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986 hit You Can Call Me Al?
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Tasman
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the existence of God?
agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
north
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
blood pressure
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
every day
Dan Tilque
>
>
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986
> hit You Can Call Me Al?
Johnson
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Tasman
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
north
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
blood pressure
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Kenya
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
once a day
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Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
John Masters
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986
> hit You Can Call Me Al?
Chevy Chase
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Murray
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
Agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
North
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
Breathing
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
Boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
Every 10 years
Erland Sommarskog
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hongkong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Cook
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
Agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
North
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
Once a year
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Stan Brown
>
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986 hit
> You Can Call Me Al?
Pope Pius XII
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Cook ?
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
Agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
Yes, I believe it is. :-) No idea which, though.
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
Blood pressure
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
Boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
Annually?
(That's too obvious, so it must be wrong.)
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Peter Smyth
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>
>1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986 hit
>You Can Call Me Al? 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
>3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
>4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
>existence of God?
>5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
>6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
>7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
>8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
>9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
>10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
Peter Smyth
swp
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> hit You Can Call Me Al?
chevy chase
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
hong kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
cook? (probably some abo bloke though)
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
north
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
blood pressure
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
uganda
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
five
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in
> Germany?
once every 10 years. (I've seen it twice. highly recommended.)
swp
Mark Brader
>> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
> Every 10 years.
Incidentally, that may be the answer you wanted, but it's not really
correct, for two different reasons. First, there isn't just one
performance every 10 years, there are a block of them. In 2010 it
was performed 102 times over a period of 141 days:
http://www.passionplay-oberammergau.com/typo3temp/pics/e0d7ca50d5.jpg
so another perfectly reasonable answer is "daily" or more precisely
"every 1 or 2 days", referring to current practice as to the interval
between performances *when the play is running*.
Second, according to
http://www.passionplay-oberammergau.com/index.php?id=127
http://www.passionplay-oberammergau.com/index.php?id=128
http://www.passionplay-oberammergau.com/index.php?id=129
http://www.passionplay-oberammergau.com/index.php?id=130
http://www.passionplay-oberammergau.com/index.php?id=131
and the corresponding German pages, the years of the performances have
been varied many times from the basic 10-year schedule. Using <> to
mean "every 10 years between these dates inclusive", the performance
years seem to have been
1634<>1674, 1680<>1760, 1780<>1800, 1801, 1811, 1815,
1820<>1910, 1922, 1930, 1934, 1950<>1980, 1984, 1990<>2010.
Plus a limited run in 1977, and maybe a couple of other times here and
there (the information in their chronology is not entirely consistent).
Anyway, the interval has varied from 1 to 20 years, averaging 9.4 years
if the foregoing list is complete.
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Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand
Rob Parker
> You Can Call Me Al?
Weird Al Jankovic (?)
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Matthew Flinders
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
north
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
blood pressure
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Kenya
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
annually (?)
Rob
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986 hit
> You Can Call Me Al?
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
--Jeff
Pete
>
>
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's
> 1986 hit You Can Call Me Al?
Al Franken
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Tasman
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
Agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
North
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
Blook pressure
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
Boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in
> Germany?
Every 10 years
>
>
Pete
Calvin
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986 hit
> You Can Call Me Al?
Chevy Chase
3/11
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
10/11
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Matthew Flinders
1/11 (guess who)
Cook and Tasman were sensible guesses
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
> existence of God?
Agnostic
11/11
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
North
9/11
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
Blood Pressure
8/11
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda
8/11
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
11/11
This question was very poorly answered at the local club. I guess many
people are put off by maths / science questions even when they are quite
easy to work out.
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
Boxing
10/11
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
Every 10 years was the expected answer, though as Mark noted it's a little
more complicated than that. I also accepted "daily" as the question could
be interpreted that way.
6/11
I've been to Oberammergau, though not in the right year :-)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 159
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 Erland S
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 John Masters
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Mark Brader
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Pete Gayde
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Rob Parker
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 Stan Brown
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 10 1 11 9 8 8 11 10 6 77 70%
Congratulations Marc and Stephen.
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cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
>
>> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
>
> Matthew Flinders
> 1/11 (guess who)
> Cook and Tasman were sensible guesses
Tasman is well known for being the first to sail completely around
Australia. (I learned that in some history class here in the US.) The
fact that he did so without actually seeing the mainland is interesting
but irrelevant.
>
>> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
>
> North
> 9/11
I learned this from a computer game called Railroad Tycoon, BTW. The
airport wasn't shown, of course, but the town was.
Bruce Bowler
typed:
> 1 Which comic actor appeared in the video clip for Paul Simon's 1986
hit You Can Call Me Al?
Chevy Chase
> 2 Victoria Harbour is located in which Asian city?
Hong Kong
> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
Cook?
> 4 Which 8 letter word describes someone who is uncertain about the
existence of God?
Agnostic
> 5 Is Luton airport located north, south, east or west of London?
Yes :-) (I'll guess North)
> 6 Which vital sign does a sphygmomanometer measure?
Blood Pressure
> 7 Entebbe is a city in which African country?
Uganda
> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
5
> 9 Roberto Duran was a former world champion in which sport?
Boxing
> 10 How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau in Germany?
Decadaly
Calvin
wrote:
> Calvin wrote:
>>
>>> 3 Who led the first circumnavigation of Australia?
>> Matthew Flinders
>> 1/11 (guess who)
>> Cook and Tasman were sensible guesses
>
> Tasman is well known for being the first to sail completely around
> Australia. (I learned that in some history class here in the US.) The
> fact that he did so without actually seeing the mainland is interesting
> but irrelevant.
So it seems. Marc is now the outright winner, and I have included Bruce's
"late" entry.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 159
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Bruce Bowler
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 Erland S
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 John Masters
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Rob Parker
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 Stan Brown
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
4 11 6 12 10 9 9 12 11 7 91 76%
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cheers,
calvin
Rob Parker
at least knew what he was doing ;-)
Rob
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Calvin
<NOSPAMro...@optusnet.com.au.forme> wrote:
> I'm glad to see that you haven't now scored "Matthew Flinders" as wrong.
I considered it :-)
It's disconcerting how often things one has always been told are true turn
out to be false.
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cheers,
calvin
David
Only 1 in 10 people understand the binary system, the other half don't.
Calvin
>> 8 Which digit equates to 101 in binary notation?
>
> Only 1 in 10 people understand the binary system, the other half don't.
Boom Boom.
How many amoeba does it take to change a light bulb?
One.
No, two. No, four... eight...sixteen...
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cheers,
calvin
David
How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
Fish.