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calvin
Nov 11, 2013, 4:48:14 AM11/11/13
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1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with
18?
5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
8 What does an ichthyologist study?
9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
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cheers,
calvin
David B
Nov 11, 2013, 5:13:46 AM11/11/13
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1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile.
2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with
18?
5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
8 What does an ichthyologist study?
9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 11, 2013, 6:39:03 AM11/11/13
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calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins
> with 18?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 11, 2013, 9:47:05 AM11/11/13
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In article <op.w6dpio2e2wood3@homepc>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
Australian
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
William Hurt
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with 18?
Arnold Palmer
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
Caddyshack
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
Spamalot
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
144
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
fishes
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
wrist
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Moscow
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Peru
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Mark Brader
Nov 11, 2013, 11:49:12 AM11/11/13
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"Calvin":
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
French.
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
Cage. And Cage. :-)
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with
> 18?
Nicklaus.
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
"Caddyshack".
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
"Oliver".
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
144, duh.
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
Fish.
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
Wrists.
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Moscow.
--
Mark Brader | It's practically impossible to keep two separate databases
Toronto | in step for any length of time. That's true even when one
m...@vex.net | of the "databases" is reality itself. -- Andrew Koenig
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile.
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with
> 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
--
Mark Brader | It's practically impossible to keep two separate databases
Toronto | in step for any length of time. That's true even when one
m...@vex.net | of the "databases" is reality itself. -- Andrew Koenig
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Gareth Owen
Nov 11, 2013, 1:03:21 PM11/11/13
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calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins
> with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Gareth Owen
Nov 11, 2013, 1:04:17 PM11/11/13
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Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> writes:
>> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
>
> St Petersburg?
[crunk] didn't see the word "capital" there
>> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
>
> St Petersburg?
Peter Smyth
Nov 11, 2013, 1:25:19 PM11/11/13
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calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
French
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major
> championship wins with 18?
Jack Nicklaus
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major
> championship wins with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
Caddyshack
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
Oliver
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square
> foot?
144
> foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
Hands
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Moscow
Peter Smyth
Gareth Owen
Nov 11, 2013, 2:16:17 PM11/11/13
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calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
Title roles?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
Wwho played Captain Corelli and who played the Mandolin?
:)
(FWIW: Penelope Cruz was the other lead, IIRC)
Jeffrey Turner
Nov 11, 2013, 4:01:01 PM11/11/13
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On 11/11/2013 4:48 AM, calvin wrote:
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
Belgian
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
A mandolin
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins
> with 18?
Nicklaus
> with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
Caddyshack
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
Oliver!
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
144
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
Fish
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
wrist
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Moscow
--Jeff
Rob Parker
Nov 11, 2013, 4:46:07 PM11/11/13
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> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with
> 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Rob
swp
Nov 11, 2013, 10:15:26 PM11/11/13
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On Monday, November 11, 2013 4:48:14 AM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
chile
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
swp
Dan Tilque
Nov 12, 2013, 1:53:00 AM11/12/13
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calvin wrote:
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> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins
> with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
--
Dan Tilque
Who needs TV when you can have the whole Internet insulting your
intelligence? -- Ziggy
Bruce Bowler
Nov 12, 2013, 9:27:25 AM11/12/13
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:48:14 +1000, calvin wrote:
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins
> with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Pete
Nov 12, 2013, 10:27:57 AM11/12/13
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calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in news:op.w6dpio2e2wood3@homepc:
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to
> 1990?
Chile
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
Brazilian
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major
> championship wins with 18?
Nicklaus
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
Caddy Shack
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
Oliver
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
144
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
Insects
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
Fingers
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Moscow
>
>
Pete
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to
> 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major
> championship wins with 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
>
>
Pete
Chris F.A. Johnson
Nov 13, 2013, 11:45:26 PM11/13/13
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On 2013-11-11, calvin wrote:
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> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
>
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins with
> 18?
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com/>
calvin
Nov 15, 2013, 8:34:34 PM11/15/13
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:49:12 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
>> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
>
> 144, duh.
For an Australian born after about 1972 that is not necessarily an easy
>> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
>
> 144, duh.
question.
--
cheers,
calvin
calvin
Nov 15, 2013, 8:41:42 PM11/15/13
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:48:14 +1000, calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
Chile
> 1 Augusto Pinochet was president of which country from 1973 to 1990?
> 2 What nationality was fashion designer Hugo Boss?
> 3 Who played the title roles in the 2001 film Captain Corelli's
> Mandolin?
uncredited.
> 4 Which golfer holds the record for the most major championship wins
> with 18?
was wrong anyway.
> 5 Bill Murray played a deranged greenskeeper in which 1980 movie?
> 6 Food Glorious Food is a song from which musical?
lol @ Spamalot
> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
> 8 What does an ichthyologist study?
> 9 Where in the human body are the carpal tunnels located?
NOT accepting hand
> 10 Gorky park is located in which European capital city?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 328
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 82 Stephen Perry
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 88 Mark Brader
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 78 Rob Parker
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 80 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 84 Jeffrey Turner
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 84 Bruce Bowler
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 68 Gareth Owen
1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 74 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 76 David Brown
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 66 Peter Smyth
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 66 Pete Gayde
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 54 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24 Erland S
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12 2 4 8 12 10 12 10 8 12 90 69%
Stephen pips Mark courtesy of the tie-beaker. 13 players is the most we've
had in a while.
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cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Nov 15, 2013, 11:54:41 PM11/15/13
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"Calvin":
>> 144, duh.
"Calvin":
written in English.
--
Mark Brader | "You guys have your own pagan religion...
Toronto | Instead of sacrificing sheep, you sacrifice sleep."
m...@vex.net | -- John Cramer
>>> 7 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
Mark Brader:
>> 144, duh.
"Calvin":
> For an Australian born after about 1972 that is not necessarily an easy
> question.
It's a literature question. You have to be able to understand books
> question.
written in English.
--
Mark Brader | "You guys have your own pagan religion...
Toronto | Instead of sacrificing sheep, you sacrifice sleep."
m...@vex.net | -- John Cramer
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 16, 2013, 4:53:01 AM11/16/13
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calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> For an Australian born after about 1972 that is not necessarily an easy
> question.
>
And where I sit it is a completely impossible question. Literature or not.
> For an Australian born after about 1972 that is not necessarily an easy
> question.
>
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