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GammaRho has been a FunTrivia author since Oct 03 07 and has written 5 quizzes. GammaRho strongly focuses on quizzes in the fields of Entertainment, Brain Teasers, and Music.

  • has earned 95 excellent quiz ratings from quiz takers.
Bio: I'm 76 years old. My wife passed away last year. I was a mediocre mathematician in my youth. I am a diamond life master of the American Contract Bridge League. I was in public education.
Hobbies: Tournament bridge, golden age comics, old time radio, classical music, jazz, popular music before 1970, literature, pulp
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Quizzes / Other Works Authored by GammaRho
1.
  Superman on Radio    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Superman first appeared in Action Comics in 1938. He made the transition to newspaper strips and to radio in 1939. The character was created by two adolescent boys from Cleveland, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. They did not write the radio program.
Tough, 10 Qns, GammaRho, Dec 03 12
Category: Radio
Tough
GammaRho
476 plays
2.
  The Shadow Knows!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Shadow began as the introducer of "True Detective Mysteries" on radio. To copyright the character, Street and Smith hired an author to write a novel based on "The Shadow". The wild success of The Shadow Magazine led to The Shadow "appearing".
Tough, 10 Qns, GammaRho, Feb 26 10
Category: Entertainment for Experts
Tough
GammaRho
388 plays
3.
  The Ink Spots   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Ink Spots were a quartet with many hits high on the charts in the 1930's and 1940's. They had a distinctive style and smooth presentation.
Tough, 10 Qns, GammaRho, Nov 15 08
Category: I
Tough
GammaRho
170 plays
4.
  Heteronyms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Heteronyms are words which are spelled exactly the same way but have different pronunciations and different meanings. For example, "flower" is either a word for a tulip or a word for a river. Given the clue "blossom, stream" the answer is "flower".
Difficult, 10 Qns, GammaRho, Nov 03 07
Category: Word Puzzles for Experts
Difficult
GammaRho
561 plays
5.
  Relations and Functions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The mathematical concept of "relation" applies to ordinary life relations such as "is the uncle of" and to mathematical relations such as "is equal to", "is greater than", or "is congruent to".
Difficult, 10 Qns, GammaRho, Jan 24 14
Category: Specific Math Topics
Difficult
GammaRho
515 plays