Thanks to Roger Mortimore, there is in the Files/Photos section a great
picture of the Brain of London final 2001.
If it seems slow to download - it's not...
Rob Linham
rob_linham@...
Jul 1, 2001 9:28 am
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Roger, I don't think anyone's saying the Coes record of 1.41.73 wasn't superb, but on the basis the Cruz did a 1.41.77 a few years later and now Kipketer has...
Peter Ediss
peterediss@...
Jul 2, 2001 8:16 am
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I have been approached by someone from a TV company wishing to advertise
audience places and maybe pilot / audition possibilities for quiz shows in
the group....
Rob Linham
rob_linham@...
Jul 2, 2001 6:33 pm
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Yep, good idea to be able to see these show possibilities. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses...
Mike Brailsford
grimreaper129@...
Jul 2, 2001 9:00 pm
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... Hear, hear! I'll second that :) Sue -- __ __ {{{{\ /}}}} Sue Mitchell {{::\ V /::}} sue@... ... {:.;/ 0 \;.:} "My soul...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
Jul 3, 2001 12:49 am
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is 'the work of Satan' By James Palmer 03 July 2001 Muslim authorities in Egypt have issued a fatwa, or religious decree, ...
roger@...
Jul 3, 2001 10:55 am
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Fortunately, it appears that the British Quiz Championship is going ahead on Monday August 27th at the South Bank University - see the MSO website...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Jul 3, 2001 1:10 pm
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On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 13:10:22 -0000, you wrote:
> Fortunately, it appears that the British Quiz Championship is going > ahead on Monday August 27th at the...
Rob Linham
rob_linham@...
Jul 3, 2001 1:14 pm
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Not much response to the last quiz, but congratulations to Stephen Pearson who came up with three correct answers - very bad luck to Rob Linham who was just...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Jul 4, 2001 10:29 pm
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Quiz GB Chat Date: Thursday, July 5, 2001 Time: 9:00PM - 11:00PM BST (GMT+01:00) Drop in for a spot of...
QuizGB@yahoogroups.com
Jul 5, 2001 8:02 am
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Here's the new set of NEQ questions. Please e-mail answers to stephen.pearson@... rather than to the group. Stephen 1. Which word did not appear in the...
stephen.pearson@...
Jul 5, 2001 10:09 am
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Howard Pizzey has correctly (and very quickly!) answered the current set of NEQ questions, and will be setting the next three questions. The questions and...
Stephen Pearson
stephen.pearson@...
Jul 5, 2001 11:10 am
363
1. Who was the first person to score 40 points on the BBC television quiz Mastermind (being still the highest scorer in a Mastermind final and the only person...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Jul 5, 2001 1:43 pm
364
Well, that didn't last long! Congratulations to Sean Blanchflower, who gets to set the next three questions. 1. Who was the first person to score 40 points...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Jul 5, 2001 2:04 pm
365
Right. This should slow things down a little... ... 1. In what country is (01h37m42.9s,-57^14'12") if the start is 48^5'N,8^14'E? 2. To what country was the...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Jul 5, 2001 8:30 pm
366
In last night's chat session the subject of the Quiz League of London came up, and the question was asked as to whether they had a website. This is it, but it...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Jul 6, 2001 8:17 am
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I don't believe it. Well done to Stephen Pearson for working his way through my cryptic queries. The questions each contained the coordinates of a star, whose...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Jul 6, 2001 6:13 pm
368
1. Which group reached number 8 in the charts with an album whose title was an anagram of the group's name? 2. Which professor, in one of his Royal Institution...
stephen.pearson@...
Jul 6, 2001 9:13 pm
369
A new version of the British Quizzing manifesto has been written, and can
be found in the development section of Files.
Thank you to everyone who commented on...
Rob Linham
rob_linham@...
Jul 7, 2001 3:21 pm
370
... When ... their ... a ... colours ... to do ... black, the ... and I ... with the ... clear up less ... this 90%+ of ... the pink ... player to go ... fewer...
buzzorielcox@...
Jul 8, 2001 11:25 pm
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Just a quick question from someone on this side of the Atlantic who is getting fed up with the US version of "(The) Weakest Link".... What is the highest...
stipenn@...
Jul 10, 2001 3:28 am
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... I would say the same problem has afflicted the British show. I don't really watch the evening edition, but do watch the BBC2 (smaller prize) edition...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Jul 10, 2001 12:30 pm
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... I apologise for this grievous split infinitive, before anyone else comments. ;-)...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Jul 10, 2001 12:42 pm
374
Congratulations to David Stainer, who has correctly answered the most recent three questions in the Never-Ending Quiz, and who now gets to set the next three...
Stephen Pearson
stephen.pearson@...
Jul 10, 2001 1:03 pm
375
Three more questions on anagrams, I think. 1. What was the most famous anagrammatic discovery of the flamboyant Tory politician Sir Nicholas Fairbairn? 2....
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Jul 10, 2001 2:05 pm
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Sean Blanchflower has got the three NEQ questions and it's his turn to set the next three. ... He discovered that "nessiteras rhombopteryx", the scientific...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Jul 10, 2001 10:25 pm
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Does anyone have a contact phone number for Number One? I still haven't received my prize money and need to get in touch but have disposed of all the relevant...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Jul 11, 2001 10:37 am
378
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:30:07 -0000, David Stainer wrote a lot of stuff with
which I agree :) but have snipped for length...
Just to add to David's comments,...
Rob Linham
rob_linham@...
Jul 11, 2001 10:50 am
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... You may be. I would have thought that most gameshows would endeavour to ensure the layout of talent was "symmetrical", as it were, because it would look...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Jul 11, 2001 10:56 am
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:56:54 -0000, you wrote:
> I would have thought that most gameshows would endeavour > to ensure the layout of talent was "symmetrical",...