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Calvin
Aug 5, 2019, 2:29:18 AM8/5/19
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Only 8 Qs this time.
1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly known by what name, that of the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional basketball player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied the many allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
3 In the original UK version of the board game Monopoly, what colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond Street properties?
4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of France?
5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin stars- over 300 in total?
7 Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers film series?
8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and finally the Earl of Bosworth?
cheers,
calvin
1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly known by what name, that of the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional basketball player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied the many allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
3 In the original UK version of the board game Monopoly, what colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond Street properties?
4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of France?
5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin stars- over 300 in total?
7 Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers film series?
8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and finally the Earl of Bosworth?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Aug 5, 2019, 3:06:06 AM8/5/19
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Calvin:
> 2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional
> basketball player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied
> the many allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
Jay-Z?
(No malicious intent here if this is not a celebrity who there have
been such allegations against. I try not to keep track of them all.)
> 3 In the original UK version of the board game Monopoly, what
> colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond Street properties?
Green.
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of France?
Pompidou.
> 5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
> 6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin
> stars- over 300 in total?
Tokyo. (I hope it's not Beijing.)
> 7 Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers
> film series?
Troyer.
> 8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and
> finally the Earl of Bosworth?
Obviously the Countess of Bosworth!
9 What movie title included the sequence number of this quiz?
"U-571".
10 Who created the comic-strip title character whose name appears
in the title of this quiz?
Watterson.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make
m...@vex.net | us see a thread which is not there." --E.H. Gombrich
> 1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were
> illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is
> popularly known by what name, that of the ship that brought one
> of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
Windrush.
> illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is
> popularly known by what name, that of the ship that brought one
> of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
> 2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional
> basketball player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied
> the many allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
(No malicious intent here if this is not a celebrity who there have
been such allegations against. I try not to keep track of them all.)
> 3 In the original UK version of the board game Monopoly, what
> colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond Street properties?
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of France?
> 5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
> 6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin
> stars- over 300 in total?
> 7 Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers
> film series?
> 8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and
> finally the Earl of Bosworth?
9 What movie title included the sequence number of this quiz?
"U-571".
10 Who created the comic-strip title character whose name appears
in the title of this quiz?
Watterson.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make
m...@vex.net | us see a thread which is not there." --E.H. Gombrich
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 5, 2019, 3:29:23 AM8/5/19
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of
> France?
Pompidou
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of
> France?
> 6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin
> stars- over 300 in total?
Joe
Aug 5, 2019, 6:52:41 AM8/5/19
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On 2019-08-05 06:29:17 +0000, Calvin said:
> Only 8 Qs this time.
>
> 1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were illegally
> detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly known by what
> name, that of the ship that brought one of the first groups of West
> Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
The Empire Windrush
> Only 8 Qs this time.
>
> 1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were illegally
> detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly known by what
> name, that of the ship that brought one of the first groups of West
> Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
> 2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional basketball
> player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied the many
> allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
> 3 In the original UK version of the board game Monopoly, what colour
> are the Regent, Oxford and Bond Street properties?
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of France?
> 5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
end with 'Field'
> 6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin
> stars- over 300 in total?
> 7 Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers film series?
> 8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and finally
> the Earl of Bosworth?
>
> 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 Blum
Aug 5, 2019, 7:40:26 AM8/5/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional basketball player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied the many allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
R. Kelly
> 2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional basketball player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied the many allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
> 3 In the original UK version of the board game Monopoly, what colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond Street properties?
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of France?
> 5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
> 6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin stars- over 300 in total?
> 7 Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers film series?
> 8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and finally the Earl of Bosworth?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete Gayde
Aug 5, 2019, 2:56:02 PM8/5/19
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f488f505-25ad-422b...@googlegroups.com:
> Only 8 Qs this time.
>
> 1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were
> illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly
> known by what name, that of the ship that brought one of the first
> groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
> 2 Which American
> singer, songwriter and former professional basketball player (b. 1967
> in Chicago) has categorically denied the many allegations of sexual
> abuse and misconduct against him?
R Kelly
> 3 In the original UK version of
> the board game Monopoly, what colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond
> Street properties?
Red
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de
> Gaulle as President of France?
Pompidou
> 5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
> 6 Which Asian capital city has
> restaurants with the most Michelin stars- over 300 in total?
Tokyo
> 7
> Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers film
> series?
Verne Troyer
> 8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley,
> and finally the Earl of Bosworth?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:f488f505-25ad-422b...@googlegroups.com:
> Only 8 Qs this time.
>
> 1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were
> illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly
> known by what name, that of the ship that brought one of the first
> groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
> 2 Which American
> singer, songwriter and former professional basketball player (b. 1967
> in Chicago) has categorically denied the many allegations of sexual
> abuse and misconduct against him?
> 3 In the original UK version of
> the board game Monopoly, what colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond
> Street properties?
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de
> Gaulle as President of France?
> 5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
> 6 Which Asian capital city has
> restaurants with the most Michelin stars- over 300 in total?
> 7
> Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers film
> series?
> 8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley,
> and finally the Earl of Bosworth?
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Calvin
Aug 19, 2019, 1:07:46 AM8/19/19
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On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 4:29:18 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> Only 8 Qs this time.
>
> 1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly known by what name, that of the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
[The Empire] Windrush
> Only 8 Qs this time.
>
> 1 A 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were illegally detained and in some cases wrongly deported is popularly known by what name, that of the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948?
> 2 Which American singer, songwriter and former professional basketball player (b. 1967 in Chicago) has categorically denied the many allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against him?
> 3 In the original UK version of the board game Monopoly, what colour are the Regent, Oxford and Bond Street properties?
> 4 In 1969 who succeeded General Charles de Gaulle as President of France?
> 5 Which iconic US sporting venue is nicknamed "The Brickyard"?
> 6 Which Asian capital city has restaurants with the most Michelin stars- over 300 in total?
> 7 Which actor (1969-2018) portrayed Mini Me in the Austin Powers film series?
> 8 Who was married to Francis II of France, Lord Darnley, and finally the Earl of Bosworth?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 TOTAL TB Quiz 571
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 18 Dan Blum
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 20 Mark Brader
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 16 Joe
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 17 Pete Gayde
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 Erland S
- - - - - - - - --- ----------
2 2 3 4 3 5 3 2 24 48%
Congratulations Dan B. CQ #572 will appear next week.
cheers,
calvin
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