Congratulations to Stephen Pearson who has solved the latest NEQ and ... British Quiz Championship (Kevin Ashman) ... Academy Award (also Golden Globe Award)...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Aug 1, 2001 8:28 am
593
Q1. Which forthcoming film is scripted by somebody who both succeeded and preceded Michael Rudman and is produced by somebody who succeeded Brian Ferry? Q2....
stephen.pearson@...
Aug 1, 2001 12:47 pm
594
1. Enigma 2. Milner-Barry 3. Turing my kind of questions!...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:53 pm
595
Sorry, Howard Pizzey beat you by about five minutes. (And yes, I thought that they might be your sort of questions!) Stephen...
Stephen Pearson
stephen.pearson@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:09 pm
596
Oh my god. I just posted the answers to the group. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. No possible excuse can be concocted, and penance will be swift and painful...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:09 pm
597
Congratulations to Howard Pizzey, who was the first person to answer the latest set of NEQ questions, a few minutes in advance of Sean Blanchflower's...
Stephen Pearson
stephen.pearson@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:33 pm
598
That'll teach me to have a long lunch hour. I got them within five minutes of reading them... It's not a problem as it's my fault and there's nothing that can...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:38 pm
599
Stephen Pearson ... Yes, someone can explain the scoring system. It's one I devised on the back of an envelope during the first year of the Paxman revival, to...
Iain
bellarthur@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:57 pm
600
... Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you :) Actually, it wasn't! So there! I couldn't remember who it was when I was writing...
Rob Linham
rob_linham@...
Aug 1, 2001 6:30 pm
601
A very popular series of 23 books was published in the early half of the last century, and it was collectively known by the eponymous hero of the first book in...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Aug 1, 2001 7:27 pm
602
We have a new winner! Congratulations to Lisa Hermann for deducing that it was the Peter Rabbit books that I was after. Answers as ... The Story of a Fierce...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:48 pm
603
... I was going to attempt a humourous response to this, but it's just dawned on me that I couldn't actually top it. An inadvertent entrant for "post of the...
Rob Linham
rob_linham@...
Aug 2, 2001 6:23 am
604
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Quiz GB Chat Date: Thursday, August 2, 2001 Time: 9:00PM - 11:00PM BST (GMT+01:00) Drop in for a spot of...
QuizGB@yahoogroups.com
Aug 2, 2001 8:02 am
605
... I suspect the reason that no humourous response came to mind is because the word is actually spelt "humorous". ;-) [Pedantic mode off, but we've got to...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Aug 2, 2001 11:27 am
606
... Unless you're American, of course. ... [Pedantic mode off, but we've got to have some ... Really? And they are? ...
Broderie Anglaise
broderie_anglaise@...
Aug 2, 2001 3:16 pm
607
... Wow, I didn't know that, I must admit. And all the stranger considering the US spelling of "humour" is "humor". Does anyone know the reason for this...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:23 pm
608
... I'm confused. "Humourous" is most certainly not in the Mirriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, the only American dictionary I have access to right now....
Sunil Rao
sunil.rao@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:44 pm
609
... It's listed on dictionary.com as an alternative, although it didn't make it clear how widely used it is. I thought I had a reasonable knowledge of the...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:59 pm
610
It was a repeat so I'm not going to SPOILER this, Linham! Chap called Richard, lost in the final. Big tall chap with a slightly public-school look to him....
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Aug 2, 2001 5:02 pm
611
... Quick check using AltaVista: Pages with "humorous": 284420 Pages with "humourous": 26915 -sunil...
Sunil Rao
sunil.rao@...
Aug 2, 2001 5:13 pm
612
... I caught the very end of the programme after watching The People Versus but if anyone wants to watch it if they missed it, it will be repeated on BBC...
Scott
scottdouthwaite@...
Aug 2, 2001 5:23 pm
613
... That would seem to suggest that "humourous" _is_ a valid alternate spelling. 10% of references is arguably too high. A quick test searching for...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Aug 2, 2001 5:29 pm
614
OK, here goes. Unfortunately the only subject I know much about is children's fiction and I didn't think people would appreciate three questions about that...
lhermann2@...
Aug 2, 2001 6:57 pm
615
In message <9kc2hq+d7kj@eGroups.com>, David Stainer <dstainer@...> writes ... Alternate spelling? Does that mean that today you write 'humorous' and ...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
Aug 2, 2001 8:29 pm
616
And the winner is - David Stainer, who took 30 minutes to answer these! << 1. How was Mrs. Kenneth Darrell Walters better known? Enid Blyton - I had to get...
lhermann2@...
Aug 2, 2001 8:39 pm
617
... Alternate is perfectly useble as a synonym for "alternative", as evidenced by the following entry at dictionary.com: al·ter·nate (ôltr-nt, l-) v....
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Aug 2, 2001 8:45 pm
618
... And I mean "usable" before anyone queries it! <Sue Mitchell anticipation mode off> ;-)...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Aug 2, 2001 8:52 pm
619
... Odd. Altavista gives me definite: 138220 definate: 17572 (i.e over 10%) Now I've seen more misspellings of this word than of virtually any other ...
Sunil Rao
sunil.rao@...
Aug 2, 2001 8:56 pm
620
In message <9kce4o+53mp@eGroups.com>, David Stainer <dstainer@...> writes ... <snip logorrhoea (alt. logorrhea)> Just checking <g> Sue - now learning to...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
Aug 2, 2001 9:00 pm
621
... Oh I despair. I'm using Agent for my e-mail, and the flaming spill chicken has taken my perfectly spelled humo rous (I've had to put a space in to stop it...
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