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Old 05-28-2002, 12:30 AM
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Alphabet trivia chat results!

Here are the results for the Alphabet Trivia night!

1) Soxfan - 33 points
2) Emeleel - 27 points
3) BobMc - 20 points
3) Sleeper - 20 points
5) Psychovant - 18 points
6) Nicholmere - 16 points
7) Hadassahchana - 11 points
8) Amykhar - 1 point

Thanks for everyone who played!

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Old 05-28-2002, 12:37 AM
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And here are the questions:

The Alphabet Questions

A - 1 Q: "Plop plop, fizz fizz. Oh what a relief it is." A: Alka Seltzer

B - 2 Q: In 605 B.C., King Nebuchadnezzar ordered the construction of these Hanging Gardens, one of the ancient wonders of the world. Where were they located? A: Babylon

C - 3 Q: What is Huckleberry Hound's trademark song? A: Clementine

D - 4 Q: The wife of Othello, murdered when Iago convinces Othello that his wife has committed adultery. A: Desdemona

E - 5 Q: What ingredient is in French Vanilla ice cream that makes it different from regular vanilla ice cream? A: Eggs - raw eggs

F - 6 Q:How many eyes does a grasshopper have? A: Five ... It has two compound eyes, two on the bases of its antennae and one between them.

G - 7 Q: Name the show belonging to this theme song. '...The tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew the Minnow would be lost (the Minnow would be lost)'. A: Gilligan's Island

H - 8 Q: Where would you find the river Styx? A: Hades

I - 9 Q: This man is the only author to have at least one book in every category of The Dewey Decimal System. Who is it? A: Isaac Asimov

J- 10 Q: Who's the poor dear always receiving the Kiss Off Letter? A: John

K - 11 Q: What is an act of osculation? A: Kissing

L - 12 Q: Who was the narrator for the 1970's horror film 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'? A: John Larroquette

M - 13 Q: This state has the longest total amount of coastline in the lower 48 U.S. states. A: Michigan

N - 14 Q: What compass direction would a New Yorker look in to see Sirius? A: North

O - 15 Q: Which is the largest porpoise? A: Orca

P - 16 Q: You are in an airplane gazing down at the Nazca Lines tracing a spider and a monkey. Where are you? A: Peru

Q - 17 Q: This movie has Gene Wilder making a living by scooping up horse dung and selling it in a pushcart.
A: Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx.

R - 18 Q: Who was the fur bikini clad star of One Million yars B.C.? A: Raquel Welch

S - 19 Q: Who was born the mousey son of Mrs. Frederick C. Little? A: Stuart Little

T- 20 Q: What previously mythical city was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann? A: Troy

U - 21 Q"When Polly's in trouble I am not slow, it's Hip, Hip, Hip and away I go " was one of the rallying cries of this animated pooch, who aired from 1964 to 1973. A: Underdog

V - 22 Q: What war did the US fight for 7,382 days? A: Vietnam War

W - 23 Q: What cereal box carries the message: "What The Big Boys Eat"? A: Wheaties

X - 24 Q: In the movie "Go", who is the celebrity whose name starts with the letter X that Tracey Pollen failed to get in the game to decide whose turn it was at the front?
A: Xerxes.

Y - 25 Q: Who is smarter than the average bear? A: Yogi

Z - 26 Q: What's the score for first place in an Olympic yacht race? A: Zero
 
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Old 05-28-2002, 01:18 AM
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Dang it! I forgot about trivia, and I was even home from my barbecue activities today on time to play!

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Phooey!

I knew 19 of those.
 
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Old 05-28-2002, 10:04 PM
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Ailsa cheated! She uhm, used her psychic abilities to, err, read Lynne's mind, uhm, before each alphabetical question ... or something like that. :p

Shannon ...
(who still says that the answer to K could have been "monging," harumph! Not to be confused with the ancient art of grutock monging (an offence punishable by jail in this modern age)).
 
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Shannon, I just knew you were gonna say that.

Ailsa
who seriously has enough trouble reading her own mind sometimes, let alone someone else's
 
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