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Calvin

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Aug 9, 2011, 7:17:53 PM8/9/11
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1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?
2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
figure?
3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]
4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?
5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?
6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?
7 What is the currency of Malaysia?
8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
gangland Chicago?
9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?
10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

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cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Aug 9, 2011, 7:23:11 PM8/9/11
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"Calvin":

> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Sugar?

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?

King Arthur.

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

I'll say 55.

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

Black?

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

Could you pick a more obscure place next time? South, I think.

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?

Perrye White. :-)

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

Ringgit.

> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?

"Robin and the 7 Hoods".

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Carter.

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism. And I won't comment on "form of".
--
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m...@vex.net is a painful process." -- A. E. Housman

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Stan Brown

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Aug 9, 2011, 8:42:08 PM8/9/11
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Is it just me, or was this one a toughie?

On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:17:53 +1000, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Almond

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?

Arthur, King of the Britons

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

30

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?
> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

Yes. :-)

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?

Perry White

(You mean *Clark* Kent.)

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

Ringgit
(Don't give me credit; I thought it was "Dollar" but found when I
looked it up that I was wrong.)

> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?

Robin and the Seven Hoods

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Pope Pius XII

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

Calvin

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Aug 9, 2011, 8:45:49 PM8/9/11
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:23:11 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:

> "Calvin":

>> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?
>
> Could you pick a more obscure place next time?

Sure. Here's one I didn't ask:

Cape Otway is located in which Australian state or territory?

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calvin

Marc Dashevsky

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Aug 9, 2011, 10:38:56 PM8/9/11
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In article <op.vzyyz...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...

>
>
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?
almonds

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical figure?

King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]
> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?
> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?
> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?

Perry White

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?
> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in gangland Chicago?

Robin and His 7 Hoods

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?
> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism

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Mark Brader

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Aug 9, 2011, 11:07:31 PM8/9/11
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"Calvin":

> Cape Otway is located in which Australian state or territory?

Wot?


(Igpay Atinlay.)
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Toronto | to needs rather than to demands. That's not the way
m...@vex.net | the system works, though." --Tony Cooper

Pete

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Aug 10, 2011, 12:41:31 AM8/10/11
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Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vzyyz...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:

>
>
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Almond paste

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which
> mythical figure?

King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

30

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

Red

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

North

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?

Perry White

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

Dollar

> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?

Robin and the 7 Hoods

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Bingham?

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism

>

Pete

Dan Tilque

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Aug 10, 2011, 1:27:21 AM8/10/11
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Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

almonds

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which
> mythical figure?

King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

72

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

black

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

north

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?

Perry White

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?
> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?
> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Carter

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

autism (at least officially -- I have my doubts)

--
Dan Tilque

Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"

Joachim Parsch

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Aug 10, 2011, 1:55:27 AM8/10/11
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Calvin schrieb:


>
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Almond.

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?

King Arthur.

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

40.

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

Black.

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

South.

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?
> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?
> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?

Robin and the seven Hoods.

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Howard Carter.

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism.


Joachim

John Masters

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Aug 10, 2011, 2:25:50 AM8/10/11
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On 2011-08-09 23:17:53 +0000, Calvin said:

> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Almond

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical figure?

King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

34

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

Red

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

North

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?

Rebekkah Wade

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

Rupee

> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?

Boys 'n the Hood

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Richard Burton

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism

Peter Smyth

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Aug 10, 2011, 3:12:57 AM8/10/11
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"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vzyyz...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...

>
>
>
>1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?
You are probably have almonds as the answer, although I suspect it is
actually sugar.

>2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
>figure?
King Arthur

>3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]
42

>4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?
Black

>5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?
South

>6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?
>7 What is the currency of Malaysia?
>8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
>gangland Chicago?
>9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?
Howard Carter

>10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?
Autism

Peter Smyth

Erland Sommarskog

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Aug 10, 2011, 3:21:27 AM8/10/11
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Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Almond

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?

King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

42

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

Red

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

South

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

Rupie

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

It's a mental condition.


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

Rob Parker

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Aug 10, 2011, 3:51:08 AM8/10/11
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> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

ground almonds

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?

King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

34

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

black

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

north

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?

Perry White

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

ringgit

> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?

no idea

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Howard Carter

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

autism


Rob

David

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Aug 10, 2011, 6:05:37 AM8/10/11
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> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Depends on the recipe, could be sugar or almonds.

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?

King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

35?

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

Black

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

North

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?
> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

Malaysian Dollar?

> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?
> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?
> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism


Calvin

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Aug 11, 2011, 10:33:40 PM8/11/11
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:17:53 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:

> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Almond was the expected answer. While it is the key ingredient, and
usually the greatest by weight / volume, I did find a couple of recipes
where there is more sugar than almonds so will accept that too.
11/11

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?

King Arthur
11/11

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]

33 (accepting 30-36)
5/11

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?

Black
6/11

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?

North
5/11

> 6 Who was Clark Kent's editor?

Perry White
6/11
LOL @ Rebecca Wade :-)

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?

Ringgit
2/11

> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?

Robin and the Seven Hoods
5/11

> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?

Howard Carter
5/11

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?

Autism
10/11


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 153
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 David
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Erland S
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 Joachim Parsch
1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 John Masters
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 Rob Parker
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 Stan Brown
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
11 11 5 6 5 6 2 5 5 10 66 TOTAL
60%

And Rob takes it with 9.

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cheers,
calvin

Jeffrey Turner

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Aug 12, 2011, 5:45:35 PM8/12/11
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On 8/9/2011 7:17 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 What is the main ingredient of marzipan?
Almonds

> 2 The island of Avalon is the supposed resting place of which mythical
> figure?
King Arthur

> 3 How old was Eva Peron when she died? [allow 3 years either way]
34

> 4 In F1 racing, what colour flag indicates disqualification?
Black

> 5 Is Napier located on NZ's north or south island?
Yes

> 6 Who was Clarke Kent's editor?
Perry White

> 7 What is the currency of Malaysia?
> 8 Which 1964 Robin Hood spoof starred Frank Sinatra and was set in
> gangland Chicago?
> 9 Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922?
Carter

> 10 Asperger syndrome is a form of which human disorder?
Autism

--Jeff

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