home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.games.trivia      Discussion about trivia games      32,813 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 31,057 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 10, Rounds 9-10:    
   24 Aug 22 05:51:27   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 5:33:14 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Words for Goodbye    
   >    
   > In Samoa you would say "tofa"; in Norway, "ha det." For the first    
   > 6 questions, we'll give you the name of a country, and you say    
   > "goodbye" in that country's native language.    
   >    
   > 1. Italy.    
      
   ciao   
      
   > 2. Japan.    
      
   sayonara   
      
   > 3. Spain.    
      
   adios   
      
   > 4. France.    
      
   adieu   
      
   > 5. Germany.    
      
   auf wiedersehn   
      
   > 7. In which language is the word for goodbye "lehitraot"?    
      
   Hebrew   
      
   > 8. In what country would you expect someone to say "zài jiàn"?    
      
   China   
      
   > 9. In which major language is the word for goodbye "ma'as-salama"?    
      
   Arabic   
      
   > 10. In which language is the word for goodbye "vale" ["VAH-lay" or    
   > "WAH-lay"]?    
      
   Latin   
       
   > ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round    
   >    
   > * A. Weird Art Trivia    
   >    
   > A1. What famous artist was arrested and charged as a    
   > co-conspirator in the theft of the "Mona Lisa" from the    
   > Louvre in 1911, and for forging a copy which was sold as    
   > the original?    
      
   Picasso (?)   
       
   > A2. What famous artist designed the logo for the candy sucker    
   > pop Chupa Chups?    
      
   Dali   
      
   > * B. Supercontinents    
   >    
   > B1. Plate tectonics keeps juggling the continents, bringing them    
   > back together into a supercontinent roughly every 450,000,000    
   > years after each split. Given the name of the supercontinent    
   > that was in existence 200,000,000-300,000,000 years ago.    
   > Its name derives from the Greek term for "entire Earth".    
      
   Pangaea   
      
   > B2. Give the name of the supercontinent in existence 750,000,000-    
   > 1,100,000,000 years ago. This name comes from the Russian    
   > for "to give birth".    
      
   Gondwanaland   
      
   > * C. Record-Holding Lakes    
   >    
   > C1. This lake has the longest coastline in the world for    
   > freshwater lakes at 2,980 km (1,851 miles), or 6,175 km    
   > (3,840 miles) if you count the islands within the lake.    
   > It's a record either way. Name the lake.    
      
   Lake Superior   
      
   > C2. The oldest known lake in the world is this Russian lake that    
   > fills a rift valley, and is estimated to be 25,000,000    
   > years old. Name the lake.    
      
   Lake Baikal   
      
   > * D. Numerical Women's Groups    
   >    
   > D1. What is the numerical term for the group of Canadian women    
   > who in 1927 challenged the Supreme Court of Canada's    
   > decision that women are "not persons", eventually leading    
   > to a change in Canadian judicial approach known as the    
   > "Living Tree Doctrine"?    
      
   Famous Five   
      
   > D2. What is the numerical term for the group of women's liberal    
   > arts colleges in the US that has been considered a parallel    
   > to the men's -- as it was -- Ivy League?    
      
   Seven Sisters   
      
   > * E. Pixar Villains    
   >    
   > E1. Charles Muntz, voiced by Christopher Plummer, is the villain    
   > of which Pixar movie?    
      
   "Up"   
      
   > E2. Randall Boggs, voiced by Steve Buscemi, is the villain of    
   > which Pixar movie?    
      
   "Monsters Inc."   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca