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Reading up on him I see he is anything but a swagman. Thanks Jordon.
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland
Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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What is the largest grossing North American movie that never reached #1 at the box office?
Jordon
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Titanic, unfortunately.
Jake
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My first thought is My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Joe
p.s. Titanic was #1 for several weeks.
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My guess would be "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" since it played in theaters for 30 years since its release in 1975.
Thanks,
Lloyd
Check out my other job at LampOfLuxury.com
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According to my source, www.boxofficemojo.com, the movie is "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" which grossed $241,438,208.
Andrew C. Eisenberg
Nashville, TN, USA
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- $241M in 2002
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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What is the origin of the phrase "acid test"?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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From Gold Rush days in the USA. Gold doesn't react to most acids as other metals do, but does react to nitric acid. To confirm that a find was gold they used this acid in 'the acid test'.
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Nitric acid was used to determined the purity of gold when it was used as currency in the days before coinage.
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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Which movie has the tag line "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hurl" ?
Jordon
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Wayne's World! Wayne's World! Party Time! Excellent!
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Movie "Wayne's World" has the tag line "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hurl".
Thanks,
Nachiket Mehta
NaChIkEt
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Wayne's World
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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What was the name of the first web browser to use both FTP and HTTP?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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WorldWideWeb
Thanks again to Eric for the tough question!
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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What is the least number of shots you’d need to take to win a men’s tennis match?
Jordon
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36...
Each service game you'll need to serve (15/30/40/Game) = 4 aces.
Each non-service game you just sit back and watch your opponent hit 8 balls at the net/crowd/umpire.
So that's 4-shots per 2-games.
Do that 3 times (=12-shots) for 3 sets (best of 5) and you're home and dry.
Brett.
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For the smarty-pants answer: None, if your oppenent retires prior to game 1 of set 1!
For a best of three match: 4 points/game * 6 games * 2 sets = 48 points.
For a best of five match: 4 points/game * 6 games * 3 sets = 72 points.
--G
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Assuming all player A's serves were aces, and player A returned all of player B's serves with a single point-winning shot, it takes A four shots to win when he serves, and eight shots (B's serve plus A's return) to win when B serves. So three games with A serving is 12 shots, and three games with B serving is 24 shots. The minimum shots to win a single 6-game set for A then is 36 shots.
A men's match is typically the best three out of five sets, so to win three sets for A is 108 shots.
108 shots?
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Assuming 3 out of 5 sets and no disqualification or the opponent doesn't quit.
36 strokes
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if it's your service 4 hits
if it isn't your service 0 hits
so 12 hits per set.
3*12 = 36 hits
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Theoretically, 36. You could serve 36 aces, but your opponent has to double-fault every one of his serves.
Cheers,
Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either.
Militant Agnostic
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