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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-10-2005 16:22

To throw everyone off, here is tomorrows, just to stay fair to the time zones.

Sports:
1. What is the name of Toronto's Baseball team?
2. The golden gophers are what?
3. Which profesionally played sport uses a basket, a ball, players of the team can be both males an females mixed during official competitions, and is not basketball.
4. Which sport is played in Twickenham stadium?
5. It is vegetable and a sport, what is it?
6. What is a kibitz in chess?
7. Who is number 2 in the most homeruns in professional American baseball througout history?
8. Who was awarded "Greatest Filipino Athlete of All Time?"
9. Despite all the news (incl. gossip and sensation press) on these two rivals. Neither one won Olympic gold, but Oksana Baiul did. Who are the two rivals?
10. Which country won olympic gold for the sport Hockey in the Athens olympics?

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Jan-10-2005 16:22

Sure!

1-13: No idea as I'm too lazy to look them up!

14: Drugs and prostitituion!


jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-10-2005 16:25

Oh that would be men's hockey.

KerrBear
KerrBear

Jan-10-2005 20:40

Ok, here goes...

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Prince Bernhard
3. Queen Juliana
4. Ajax (“Football Club Ajax”)
5. Germany & Belgium
6. The Anne Frank House
7. The leading hypothesis as to its origin is that it is from the Dutch janke, meaning a diminutive of the name Jan. The second leading hypothesis is that it is from Jan Kaas, literally John Cheese, a nickname for the Dutch that parallels the British John Bull. Usage of Jan Kaas has been dated in Europe to the 1650s. The term could have been applied to Dutch pirates in the Caribbean and later shifted to New Englanders.
8. Flevoland
9. Rubens and Brueghel
10. ?

11. Jan de Bont
12. 1924
13. 3 times
14. soft drugs such as marijuana and prostitution

Wow, that took awhile.

Sleuth Admin
Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner

Jan-11-2005 00:25

Sports:

1. Bluejays
2. I'm fairly sure there's a teeam the Golden Gophers is the mascot of one of the Minnesota colleges. All of their teams would have the same name (all sports).
3. ummmm
4. Twickenham is a rugby stadium, I'm sure. They may play soccer (football) there too.
5. SQUAsh
6. A tie
7. I haven't been paying attention to the Barry Bonds count. Did he pass Babe or Hank Aaron yet? I'm thinking he has, in which case Hank Aaron is now #2.
8. No idea
9. Tonya Harding and Nancy the Knee
10. The Dutchies?

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-11-2005 08:44

And....kerrbear is the winner!!!! The answer to number 10 was "Prelude to a kiss", Alec Baldwin said it to Meg Ryan.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-11-2005 08:44

Anyone going to beat Ben?

Andy702
Andy702
Pinball Amateur

Jan-11-2005 18:47

1. Bluejays
2. University of Minnesota team
3. water polo
4. rugby
5. squash
6. tie
7. Babe Ruth
8. Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno
9. Tonya Hrding, Nancy Kerrigan
10. Germany

Bryola
Bryola
Well-Connected

Jan-11-2005 20:06

Hmmm... the opportunity to beat Ben? Too tempting:

1. Blue Jays
2. University of Minnesota football team
3. Lacrosse
4. Rugby
5. Squash
6. To give unwanted advice or make distracting comments
7. Babe Ruth
8. Bowling Legend Paeng Nepomuceno
9. Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding
10. Australia

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 04:39

Bryola won!!!!!

OK the riddles and pubquiz are no fun if Bryola keeps winning. :) The answer to number 3 is Korfball (hoop ball), mostly played in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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