Short Quiz

[Moose]

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Okay, 10 questions start now....

1. What NCAA mid-major team lost two coaches to the Big-10 conference
in just over a year?

2. What is the only team in NHL history to move from the US to Canada?

3. Who made a cameo in "The Blues Brothers" as the prisoner dancing on
the table to "Jailhouse Rock"?

4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?

5. In the Brendan Frasier/Albert Brooks comedy "The Scout" what team
won the National League pennant?

6. What legendary New York radio station was once home to both Don
Imus and Howard Stern?

7. What TV executive instituted "Wide World Of Sports" and "Monday
Night Football"?

8. Seabiscuit's occasional jockey, George Woolf, had a famous lucky
saddle. Legend is that he left the saddle in his car on the day he
died on the track, after falling off a mount. What was Woolf's
legendary saddle made from?

9. Prior to becoming Latka Gravis, where did Andy Kaufman's "Foreign
Man" character claim to hail from?

10. Prior to his career in the movies, Mel Brooks co-created what
famed TV series?

 

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"Moose" <stlouismoose@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, 10 questions start now....


> 3. Who made a cameo in "The Blues Brothers" as the prisoner dancing on
> the table to "Jailhouse Rock"?
Joe Walsh

> 7. What TV executive instituted "Wide World Of Sports" and "Monday
> Night Football"?

Roone Arledge

> 10. Prior to his career in the movies, Mel Brooks co-created what
> famed TV series?

I should know this, but all I can think of is "When things Were Rotten".

Z

 

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Moose wrote:

> 4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?

Mount Rushmore?

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"And the people who were choked by the reek of sties
did not get the bacon"
-- JB Priestley

 

[Guest]

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> > 4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?
>
> Mount Rushmore?

Mount Rushmore is designated a National Memorial, not a National Monument.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't be evil."
msb@vex.net -- corporate policy, Google Inc.

 

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DokterZ wrote:
> "Moose" <stlouismoose@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bfd26e9b.0406131843.27ea248c@posting.google.com...
>
>>Okay, 10 questions start now....
>
>
>
>>3. Who made a cameo in "The Blues Brothers" as the prisoner dancing on
>>the table to "Jailhouse Rock"?
>
> Joe Walsh
>
>
>>7. What TV executive instituted "Wide World Of Sports" and "Monday
>>Night Football"?
>
>
> Roone Arledge
>
>
>>10. Prior to his career in the movies, Mel Brooks co-created what
>>famed TV series?
>
>
> I should know this, but all I can think of is "When things Were Rotten".
>
> Z
>
>
Get Smart.

 

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Moose wrote:
> Okay, 10 questions start now....
>
> 1. What NCAA mid-major team lost two coaches to the Big-10 conference
> in just over a year?
>
> 2. What is the only team in NHL history to move from the US to Canada?
Flames (Atlanta to Calgary)
> 3. Who made a cameo in "The Blues Brothers" as the prisoner dancing on
> the table to "Jailhouse Rock"?
>
> 4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?

Statue of Liberty?

> 5. In the Brendan Frasier/Albert Brooks comedy "The Scout" what team
> won the National League pennant?
>
> 6. What legendary New York radio station was once home to both Don
> Imus and Howard Stern?

WNEW?

> 7. What TV executive instituted "Wide World Of Sports" and "Monday
> Night Football"? Roone Arledge
>
> 8. Seabiscuit's occasional jockey, George Woolf, had a famous lucky
> saddle. Legend is that he left the saddle in his car on the day he
> died on the track, after falling off a mount. What was Woolf's
> legendary saddle made from?
>
> 9. Prior to becoming Latka Gravis, where did Andy Kaufman's "Foreign
> Man" character claim to hail from?
>
> 10. Prior to his career in the movies, Mel Brooks co-created what
> famed TV series? Get Smart

--Jeff

--
Loyalty to the country always, loyalty
to the government when it deserves it.
--Mark Twain

Rain on a tin roof sounds like a drum.
We're marching for freedom today-ay!
So turn on your headlights
and sound your horn,
if people get in the way. --M. Python

 

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stlouismoose@hotmail.com (Moose) writes:

> 2. What is the only team in NHL history to move from the US to Canada?

The Stanley Cup losing Calgary (né Atlanta) Flames

--
Gareth Owen
There are a finite number of jokes in the universe.

 

[Moose]

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Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com> wrote in message news:<10cre1817qb4p90@corp.supernews.com>...
> Moose wrote:
> > Okay, 10 questions start now....
> >
> > 1. What NCAA mid-major team lost two coaches to the Big-10 conference
> > in just over a year?
> >

I never mentioned which sport...Stupid me. I apologize..Men's Basketball...
> > 2. What is the only team in NHL history to move from the US to Canada?
> Flames (Atlanta to Calgary)

Yes.
> > 3. Who made a cameo in "The Blues Brothers" as the prisoner dancing on
> > the table to "Jailhouse Rock"?
> >

Someone got it, Joe Walsh.
> > 4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?
>
> Statue of Liberty?
>

Nope, Sorry.
> > 5. In the Brendan Frasier/Albert Brooks comedy "The Scout" what team
> > won the National League pennant?
> >
> > 6. What legendary New York radio station was once home to both Don
> > Imus and Howard Stern?
>
> WNEW?
>

No, but a good guess.
> > 7. What TV executive instituted "Wide World Of Sports" and "Monday
> > Night Football"? Roone Arledge
> >

Yes. Later he created "Nightline" and "20-20"
> > 8. Seabiscuit's occasional jockey, George Woolf, had a famous lucky
> > saddle. Legend is that he left the saddle in his car on the day he
> > died on the track, after falling off a mount. What was Woolf's
> > legendary saddle made from?
> >
> > 9. Prior to becoming Latka Gravis, where did Andy Kaufman's "Foreign
> > Man" character claim to hail from?
> >
> > 10. Prior to his career in the movies, Mel Brooks co-created what
> > famed TV series? Get Smart

Yes.
>
> --Jeff

Four down, six to go, Good luck.

--Moose

 

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"Moose" <stlouismoose@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com> wrote in message
news:<10cre1817qb4p90@corp.supernews.com>...
> > Moose wrote:
> > > Okay, 10 questions start now....
> > >
> > > 1. What NCAA mid-major team lost two coaches to the Big-10 conference
> > > in just over a year?
> > >
>
> I never mentioned which sport...Stupid me. I apologize..Men's
Basketball...
> > > 2. What is the only team in NHL history to move from the US to Canada?
> > Flames (Atlanta to Calgary)
>
> Yes.
> > > 3. Who made a cameo in "The Blues Brothers" as the prisoner dancing on
> > > the table to "Jailhouse Rock"?
> > >
>
> Someone got it, Joe Walsh.
> > > 4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?
> >
> > Statue of Liberty?
> >
>
> Nope, Sorry.

Washington Monument (sorry if it has been already guessed)

 

[Moose]

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"DokterZ" <dzahn@execpczzz.com> wrote in message news:<10csg351k6pfkab@corp.supernews.com>...
> > > > 4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?
> > >
> > > Statue of Liberty?
> > >
> >
> > Nope, Sorry.
>
> Washington Monument (sorry if it has been already guessed)

Hasn't been guessed, I don't think, but still incorrect. Good guess, though.

 

[Moose]

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stlouismoose@hotmail.com (Moose) wrote in message news:<bfd26e9b.0406131843.27ea248c@posting.google.com>...
> Okay, 10 questions start now....
>
> 1. What NCAA mid-major team lost two coaches to the Big-10 conference
> in just over a year?

Southern Illinois University. Bruce Webber now coaches at the
University of Illinois, and his replacement, Matt Painter, has left
for Purdue.
>
> 2. What is the only team in NHL history to move from the US to Canada?

The Calgary Flames (From Atlanta)
>
> 3. Who made a cameo in "The Blues Brothers" as the prisoner dancing on
> the table to "Jailhouse Rock"?

Joe Walsh
>
> 4. What is the tallest national monument in the US?

The Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Mo. (This answer is contested. See thread
at rec.puzzzles for other answers)
>
> 5. In the Brendan Frasier/Albert Brooks comedy "The Scout" what team
> won the National League pennant?

The St. Louis Cardinals
>
> 6. What legendary New York radio station was once home to both Don
> Imus and Howard Stern?

WNBC
>
> 7. What TV executive instituted "Wide World Of Sports" and "Monday
> Night Football"?

Roone Alridge
>
> 8. Seabiscuit's occasional jockey, George Woolf, had a famous lucky
> saddle. Legend is that he left the saddle in his car on the day he
> died on the track, after falling off a mount. What was Woolf's
> legendary saddle made from?

Kangaroo Leather
>
> 9. Prior to becoming Latka Gravis, where did Andy Kaufman's "Foreign
> Man" character claim to hail from?

Caspiar, an island in the Caspian Sea which sank.
>
> 10. Prior to his career in the movies, Mel Brooks co-created what
> famed TV series?

Get Smart