{"id":724,"date":"2007-02-03T04:09:50-05:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-03T09:09:50+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2007\/02\/03\/twenty-questions\/"},"modified":"2007-02-03T04:18:20-05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-03T09:18:20+00:00","slug":"twenty-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2007\/02\/03\/twenty-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fiery mouse with a wheel of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty ‘Hi-Yo Linux!’ Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear — the Quiz Arranger rides again!<\/q><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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  1. Who is Barbara Millicent Roberts?<\/li>\r\n
  2. Onto what are Australians reputed to throw shrimp?<\/li>\r\n
  3. What not-so-dynamic TV duo was played by Michael McKean and David Lander?<\/li>\r\n
  4. Who recorded a cover of The Guess Who’s American Woman<\/cite> in 1999?<\/li>\r\n
  5. What country claims Ankara as its capital?<\/li>\r\n
  6. What is turducken?<\/li>\r\n
  7. Name the band who had a Cruel Summer<\/cite> in 1983.<\/li>\r\n
  8. Who was Badder than old King Kong \/ And meaner than a junkyard dog<\/q>?<\/li>\r\n
  9. What role have Eugene T. Maleska and Wil Shortz both held at the New York Times<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
  10. Why did counter-espionage service MI5 investigate the Daily Telegraph<\/cite> newspaper in 1944?<\/li>\r\n
  11. Who preceded Alex Trebek as the host of Jeopardy!<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
  12. What Canadian game show used a version of Quincy Jones’s Soul Bossa Nova<\/cite> as its theme music?<\/li>\r\n
  13. Who wrote the play Picasso at the Lapin Agile<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
  14. Who played completely mental<\/q> character Ed Grimley on SCTV?<\/li>\r\n
  15. What English word comes from a Slovak term meaning drudgery<\/cite> or labour<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
  16. What is the full English title of Karel Čapek’s 1920 play R.U.R.<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
  17. What was the only equation printed in Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
  18. What is the common name given to an object that is smaller than its Schwarzschild radius?<\/li>\r\n
  19. Who played Rawhide<\/cite> on CBC Radio?<\/li>\r\n
  20. What comedy team performed The Shakespearean Baseball Game<\/cite> and Rinse the Blood off My Toga<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n

    The questions above are inspired by events and conversations from the last couple of days. That little tidbit will be of absolutely no use to anyone, just thought I’d share.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

    To sweeten the pot this time around, I’m going to award a billion points to the winner. That’s right, a billion<\/em> points. Beat that, Regis!<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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