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#8462 - Thu Apr 27 2000 08:24 AM Weekly Quiz Qs
McGruff Offline
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Registered: Mon Apr 03 2000
Posts: 10832
Loc: Northumberland Virginia USA 
I wanted to check on my answers for the weekly quiz and although my answers are all still there, the questions are from an old quiz.

Question 1: The original list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Some believe they were built by a queen, but credit is usually given to whom?

Answer: (One Name Only)


Question 2: In 1919, 21 people in Boston died during a flood. However, water was not the substance that caused the flood. Name the substance.

Answer: (One Word)


Question 3: Crawford Goldsby was a member of the notorious Cook Gang. William (Bill) Cook gave him a nickname by which he is better known. What was this nickname?

Answer: (Two Names)


Question 4: The first Greenpeace crew chartered a fishing vessel in 1971 to protest nuclear testing at what island?

Answer: (One Word)


Question 5: The first child born in the White House also holds the distinction of being the grandchild of a U.S. President. Name the child.

Answer: (First and Last Name Be Careful)


Question 6: What is the name of the Texas nightclub in which most of the movie 'Urban Cowboy' was filmed?

Answer: (One Word)


Question 7: What was the name of the Sherpa guide who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary when he climbed Mt. Everest in 1953?

Answer: (First and Last Name, Various Spellings Have Been Noted)


Question 8: The leading female singer in an opera is referred to as what?

Answer: (Two Words)


Question 9: During the 1968 presidential election, what comedian is credited with saying 'If nominated, I will not run, if elected, I will not serve?'

Answer: (First and Last Name, Be Careful)


Question 10: This 1960 Olympic decathlon winner also became a hero after he took the gun away from a very famous assassin. Name the Olympic hero.

Answer: (One Word)


Question 11: What South American capital city shares its name with a legume?

Answer: (One Word)


Question 12: What part of the cinnamon tree is used to make cinnamon?

Answer: (One Word)


Question 13: Who was the maternal grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II?

Answer: (Title and First Name)


Question 14: In a deck of cards, all four Kings have beards, but only three of them also have a mustache. Name the King without a mustache.

Answer: (One Word)


Question 15: Three Italian nationals were accused of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Lourvre in 1911. Give us the name of the mastermind behind the henchmen's plot.

Answer: (Either the name he was known by to the thieves or his real name)


Question 16: What is the four-letter word that is the name of a Greek goddess, a part of the eye and a type of flower?

Answer: (One Word)


Question 17: Name the sculptor who created 'The Thinker.'

Answer: (First and Last Name)


Question 18: The art of tying knots in ropes or twine to make decorative items is called what?

Answer: (One Word)


Question 19: What was the nickname for the computer used by the United States for its 1952 Hydrogen Bomb project?

Answer: (One Word)


Question 20: Bud Abbott of Abbott and Costello fame, was born on Oct 6, 1897 in Asbury Park, N.J. What was 'Bud' Abbott's full name?

Answer: (First, Middle and Last)

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#8463 - Thu Apr 27 2000 10:07 AM Re: Weekly Quiz Qs
Terry Offline
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Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969
Posts: 21449
Loc: USA
For a few hours this morning old questions appeared. It was a sideeffect of the machine problems that we had yesterday that shut the whole site down for a while. Please check to make sure the current game is appearing now (it should be).

Terry


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#8464 - Thu Apr 27 2000 10:33 AM Re: Weekly Quiz Qs
kimmee Offline
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Registered: Sat Jan 08 2000
Posts: 20
Loc: point pleasant, nj
it is now. i just submitted my answers.

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#8465 - Thu Apr 27 2000 10:37 AM Re: Weekly Quiz Qs
McGruff Offline
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Registered: Mon Apr 03 2000
Posts: 10832
Loc: Northumberland Virginia USA 
Aye, she's back on course, Captain.
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Never be too open-minded. Your brains could fall out.

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#8466 - Thu Apr 27 2000 03:23 PM Re: Weekly Quiz Qs
Terry Offline
Head Honcho

Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969
Posts: 21449
Loc: USA
Please let me know if anything else is amiss. My next task is to *fully* debug the entire site before adding anything new.

T


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