... my ... knowledge ... with ... you ... see ... I agree - far too obscure. Neither of these even rates an entry in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music....
roger@...
Sep 1, 2001 7:51 am
777
... et ... this ... the ... over ... would ... I agree too. I know quite a bit about this period musicwise and she isn't a name that springs to mind!...
kephthechronicler@...
Sep 1, 2001 1:42 pm
778
My favourite maths bonus set which featured in the Oxford Intercollegiate Quiz last year. Set by Ian Bayley and myself, with help from David Stainer (iirc) No...
Jack Waley-Cohen
jackwcohen@...
Sep 1, 2001 4:37 pm
779
The questions have been got, so you can stop emailing me! Apologies that I didn't reply to all those guessing to let them know how they were doing, as I was in...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Sep 1, 2001 5:36 pm
780
Ladies & Gentlemen My questions are unashamedly sports-biased so here goes: 1) Which British Athlete won an Olympic Gold Medal with a walk-over in the final? ...
MALabbett@...
Sep 1, 2001 9:28 pm
781
... topper ... classic' ... Monnot. ... version were ... by ... as ... this. Winifred Atwell's "Poor People of Paris" was an instrumental so how could Jack...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:43 am
782
... This is certainly a valid point, but the writing credits were still assigned to more than just Monnot, for some reason. You may be surprised to learn I...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Sep 2, 2001 11:00 am
783
... Why should such a site be considered "authoritative"? There are very few websites I would consider to be authoritative on any issue. IMHO, websites are...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Sep 2, 2001 4:29 pm
784
... Great questions, but sadly I must disclaim responsibility. My involvement with primates and WWTBAM extends merely as far as silverbacks. ... Just FTR,...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Sep 2, 2001 4:33 pm
785
If the child who was placed in front of a plough as a test of his father's sanity is associated with the number 1, what numbers are associated with... 1. A...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Sep 2, 2001 4:43 pm
786
... Authoritative wasn't the right word then, but I don't really believe the writers of the site just made it up, do you? Besides, the question itself comes...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Sep 2, 2001 4:44 pm
787
... how ... surprised ... Surely Needles and Pins was earlier than Jim Reeves?...
kephthechronicler@...
Sep 2, 2001 6:05 pm
788
... very ... which ... "Guinness ... only ... the ... believe the ... itself ... argue ... surely ... was that ... second. ... answer. ... yourself ... Well,...
kephthechronicler@...
Sep 2, 2001 6:08 pm
789
... Needles and Pins was written by two men, Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono. You're possibly thinking of Jackie de Shannon who did previously record it but...
Howard Pizzey
howard@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:03 pm
790
... Interesting. I know nothing about Winifred Atwell so at the end of the day I cannot be sure who _really_ wrote the song, although I would need more than...
David Stainer
dstainer@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:10 pm
791
That I have changed my profile name, and also my email address. Therefore, if I ever manage to set an NEQ set again (here's hoping!) or if you just want to...
David Stainer
dkstainer@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:46 pm
792
Have I missed the answers to Mark Labbett's sporting set? (I gather Sean won and I presumably didn't....) Lisa...
lhermann2@...
Sep 2, 2001 8:01 pm
793
... gather Sean won ... I haven't seen the answers either. Like Lisa, I presume that I didn't win i.e. that Sean submitted his answers to Mark before I ...
stephen.pearson@...
Sep 2, 2001 8:13 pm
794
Ladies & Gentlemen Sorry, I managed to send these to myself at Noon. Apologies all and here they are! ... It took Sean fifteen minutes to nail this one, plus...
MALabbett@...
Sep 2, 2001 10:48 pm
795
Firstly, my apologies for posting the new questions before Mark had posted his confirmation that I had won. As it was the best part of a day since I had...
Sean Blanchflower
smb1001@...
Sep 2, 2001 11:14 pm
796
Damn. I'm never going to get first past the post with these infernal NEQ's. My immediate conclusion on the nature of the Questions were alluding to various...
Scott
scottdouthwaite@...
Sep 2, 2001 11:41 pm
797
... a ... Or, perhaps more simply still, 2^(-30). :v) Honestly, though if you expected anyone to come up with (1/1 073 741 824),[*] then you richly deserved...
Samer Ismail
stipenn@...
Sep 3, 2001 6:17 am
799
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. University Challenge Date: Monday, September 3, 2001 Time: 8:00PM - 8:30PM BST (GMT+01:00)...
QuizGB@yahoogroups.com
Sep 3, 2001 7:02 am
800
Further to discussion about the precision required for these questions, as I recall part (b) required an answer in the form of an approximation: 1 / 10^n, but...
Aaron Bell
aaron.bell@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:31 am
801
Q1. Of which extract from a famous piece of prose is the following a free paraphrase? (Please quote the original wording as your answer.) 'I haven't checked...
stephen.pearson@...
Sep 3, 2001 12:58 pm
802
Congratulations to Aaron Bell, who has answered my most recent NEQ set in around twenty minutes and has thereby scored his first NEQ victory. The questions and...
stephen.pearson@...
Sep 3, 2001 1:28 pm
803
Complete the following quartets: 1. Süd, West, Nord, ... 2. 15, 12, 10, ... 3. Aylesbury, Newcastle, Southend, ... Answers to asbell@... please. ...
Aaron Bell
aaron.bell@...
Sep 3, 2001 1:44 pm
804
Apologies to those of you who have got stuck in already, but I made a simple transcription error on part 3, placing Newcastle and Aylesbury the wrong way...
Aaron Bell
aaron.bell@...
Sep 3, 2001 2:06 pm
805
eboom.com seems to be suffering something of a breakdown, so could answers be sent instead to abindc@... please Obviously if more than one correct set of...
Aaron Bell
aaron.bell@...
Sep 3, 2001 2:52 pm
806
Hi, In a Schools Challenge quiz I was once asked for the product of the numbers from 1 to 10. I'd got as far as 9 when one of my team buzzed and said 55. She...
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