New Contest Part Two

reggaeirie1234 · Tue, 05 Sep 2000 19:25:19 -0700

New Contest
Email answers to
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11) On what day in the year 1698 did Russia's Peter
the Great imposed a tax on beards, Arab guerillas
attacked the Israeli delegation at the Munich Summer
Olympics killing 11 Israelis and the first Continental
Congress assembly in Philadelphia. 
DD= 1.20
PV=14

12) World War II delayed the first of these games,
originally planned for 1942, but not held until 1951. There
were 19 events in the 1951 games, but a full schedule
of Olympic sports now comprises the program.

DD=1.175 PV=13

13) Also called androgenic steroids,
these are any of a group of synthetic derivatives of
testosterone that promote muscle and bone growth. 
DD=1.125
PV=11

14) (Everything I Do) I Do For You , the single he
wrote and performed for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
(1991) won him his only Grammy. 
DD= 1.025 PV=
7

15) What state had the highest rate of homeownership
in 1990, at a rate of 74.1 per cent? 
DD=1.20
PV=13

16) What soceity, one of the oldest and best-known
U.S. environmental organizations, was founded 1886 by
George Cird Grinnell.
DD=1.00 PV=6

17) Which
hurricane struck Martinique, St. Eustatius, Barbados and
ships, and lasted from October 10 16, 1780, is the
deadliest ever?
DD= 1.05 PV=7
18) What West Indian
French dependency consists of the twin islands of
Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre and five
dependenciesMarie-Galante, Les Saintes, La Dsirade, St. Barthlemy, and the
northern three-fifths of St. Martin.
DD=1.075
PV=9

19) What Argentine general and supreme director of
the United Provinces of La Plata in 1806, organized a
volunteer force, which, after a defeat outside Buenos
Aires, united with the army of Liniers to recapture the
city.
DD= 1.35 PV=17
20) What British actor is best
known for playing the father in Mary Poppins. Other
credits include The Love Bug and Bedknobs and
Broomsticks.
DD=1.25 PV=15