Questions for
Theme Thursday, May 30, 2024Chinese Neighbors: Five questions about countries that border China.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The Gobi Desert stretches between China and what neighboring country?
2. Of all the countries that border China, two have national flags that use the same color scheme as the flag of China. Name either of those countries.
3. What landlocked country — with a majority Buddhist population of around 700,000 — is led by an individual referred to as the “Dragon King”?
4. “The Bear Trap” is a Western nickname for a war that some say led to the downfall of the Soviet Union. What country fought against the Soviets in that war?
5. The world's largest landlocked country borders China to the northwest. Name that country!
3. Bhutan
4. Afghanistan
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5: Mongolia
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5. Kazakhstan ?
1. Mongolia
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2. Vietnam and I think one of the Stans has a similar color scheme flag but I can't remember which one?
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Kyrgyzstan2. Vietnam and I think one of the Stans has a similar color scheme flag but I can't remember which one?
Answers to Thursday, May 30, 2024
Chinese Neighbors: Five questions about countries that border China.
1. The Gobi Desert stretches between China and what neighboring country?
Mongolia
2. Of all the countries that border China, two have national flags that use the same color scheme as the flag of China. Name either of those countries.
Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan
(Red and yellow)
3. What landlocked country — with a majority Buddhist population of around 700,000 — is led by an individual referred to as the “Dragon King”?
Bhutan
4. “The Bear Trap” is a Western nickname for a war that some say led to the downfall of the Soviet Union. What country fought against the Soviets in that war?
Afghanistan
5. The world's largest landlocked country borders China to the northwest. Name that country!
Kazakhstan
Questions for
Friday, May 31, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: The 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine” stars an ensemble cast consisting of six actors, all of whom play members of a dysfunctional family taking the youngest to compete in a beauty pageant. Name as many of those actors as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. What 1984 Nintendo game featured an unnamed character that has since been dubbed “Laughing Dog”?
3. According to one of the world’s largest registries of pedigreed cats, what is the seven-letter term for a person who is a connoisseur of all things cat-related?
4. Paris is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, at which point it will become the second city to host the Olympics three times. What city was the first to have that honor?
5. Yesterday was May 30. On that day in 1909, jazz musician and bandleader Benny Goodman was born. He had what rhyming nickname?
2. Duck Hunt
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
4. London
5. The King of Swing
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1) Alan Arkin, Steve Carroll, Toni Colette, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnier.
A hilarious film!!
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Answers to Friday, May 31, 2024
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: The 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine” stars an ensemble cast consisting of six actors, all of whom play members of a dysfunctional family taking the youngest to compete in a beauty pageant. Name as many of those actors as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear
2. What 1984 Nintendo game featured an unnamed character that has since been dubbed “Laughing Dog”?
“Duck Hunt”
3. According to one of the world’s largest registries of pedigreed cats, what is the seven-letter term for a person who is a connoisseur of all things cat-related?
“Fancier”
(The Cat Fanciers’ Association)
4. Paris is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, at which point it will become the second city to host the Olympics three times. What city was the first to have that honor?
London
5. Yesterday was May 30. On that day in 1909, jazz musician and bandleader Benny Goodman was born. He had what rhyming nickname?
“The King of Swing”
Questions for
Monday, June 3, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Kevin Love isn't just a former NBA All Star — he's also the nephew of Mike Love, a founding member of what California rock band?
2. What 2005 film, based on an Annie Proulx short story, tells of ranch hands Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar who tend sheep in Wyoming?
3. Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, which is also commonly known by what name?
4. A classic 1977 young adult novel by Katherine Paterson follows a pair of bullied friends who escape to a fantasy world. It was adapted as a PBS special in 1985 and a feature film in 2007. Name that book.
5. António Guterres from Portugal, Ban Ki-moon from South Korea, and Kofi Annan from Ghana are the three most recent individuals to hold what worldly title?
3 Byzantine
5 UN Secretary General
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1. The Beach Boys
2. "Brokeback Mountain"
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4) Bridge to Terabithia. A weeper!!
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Don Beebe is the first NFL player to play in 6 Super Bowls, and dangit, I want him to get his credit!
Carry on....
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Answers to Monday, June 3, 2024
1. Kevin Love isn't just a former NBA All Star — he's also the nephew of Mike Love, a founding member of what California rock band?
The Beach Boys
(or Celebration)
2. What 2005 film, based on an Annie Proulx short story, tells of ranch hands Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar who tend sheep in Wyoming?
“Brokeback Mountain”
3. Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, which is also commonly known by what name?
Byzantine Empire
4. A classic 1977 young adult novel by Katherine Paterson follows a pair of bullied friends who escape to a fantasy world. It was adapted as a PBS special in 1985 and a feature film in 2007. Name that book.
“Bridge to Terabithia”
5. António Guterres from Portugal, Ban Ki-moon from South Korea, and Kofi Annan from Ghana are the three most recent individuals to hold what worldly title?
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Questions for
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What short, Afro-Cuban drums traditionally come in attached pairs, known as the macho (or “male”) and the hembra (or “female”)?
2. “Tragedy” was originally a theater term for a play in which horrible things befall the main character. What similar term also originated in the theater, where it referred to a play in which serious events are mocked or parodied?
3. What country’s government called for a state of emergency after a rebellion of the Mau Mau movement against colonial rule in 1952?
4. Organisms in the phylum Annelida are better known by what name, which is also a nickname of former NBA star Dennis Rodman?
5. Two of the longest-running TV shows with primarily Black casts, “Family Matters” and “The Jeffersons,” were both spin-offs. Name either of the shows from which they were spun.
4 Worm
5 All in the Family
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1. Bongos
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2. Comedy
3. United Kingdom
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Answers to Tuesday, June 4, 2024
1. What short, Afro-Cuban drums traditionally come in attached pairs, known as the macho (or “male”) and the hembra (or “female”)?
Bongos
2. “Tragedy” was originally a theater term for a play in which horrible things befall the main character. What similar term also originated in the theater, where it referred to a play in which serious events are mocked or parodied?
“Travesty”
3. What country’s government called for a state of emergency after a rebellion of the Mau Mau movement against colonial rule in 1952?
Kenya
4. Organisms in the phylum Annelida are better known by what name, which is also a nickname of former NBA star Dennis Rodman?
Worm
5. Two of the longest-running TV shows with primarily Black casts, “Family Matters” and “The Jeffersons,” were both spin-offs. Name either of the shows from which they were spun.
“Perfect Strangers,” “All in the Family”
Questions for
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What former governor of New York — who passed away in 2015 — lived to see his son Andrew follow in his footsteps to become the state’s 56th governor in 2011?
2. The Edgar Allan Poe poem “The Raven” is probably the most famous example of a writer beginning a work with the words “Once upon a BLANK.” What two words come next in that poem?
3. What famous 1066 battle turned William of Normandy into William the Conqueror?
4. One of the biggest box office bombs of 2013 starred Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, and Jim Carrey as rival Las Vegas magicians. What was this “incredible” flop titled?
5. Happy Valley is a region of Centre County that contains the borough of State College, home of what university?
1. Mario Cuomo
1. Mario Cuomo
5. Penn State University
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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2. Midnight Dreary
3. The Battle of Hastings
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
WOOF! I’d forgotten about this stink-a-roo. 💩4. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
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Answers to Wednesday, June 5, 2024
1. What former governor of New York — who passed away in 2015 — lived to see his son Andrew follow in his footsteps to become the state’s 56th governor in 2011?
Mario Cuomo
2. The Edgar Allan Poe poem “The Raven” is probably the most famous example of a writer beginning a work with the words “Once upon a BLANK.” What two words come next in that poem?
“Midnight dreary”
3. What famous 1066 battle turned William of Normandy into William the Conqueror?
Battle of Hastings
4. One of the biggest box office bombs of 2013 starred Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, and Jim Carrey as rival Las Vegas magicians. What was this “incredible” flop titled?
“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”
5. Happy Valley is a region of Centre County that contains the borough of State College, home of what university?
Penn State
Questions for
Theme Thursday, June 6, 2024
Robo-Besties: In the future, we’ll all have robotic best friends. In the meantime, here are five questions about robots we wish we could chill with.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Before Vin Diesel voiced a tall, sentient space tree in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” he voiced a tall, sentient space robot in what 1999 movie?
2. Which Autobot was a Volkswagen Beetle when the original Transformers toys and animated series were introduced in the ’80s, but was changed to a Chevy Camaro in the recent movies?
3. In 1973, George Lucas was finishing up a teen movie starring Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss when he noticed that one of the film reels was labeled “Reel 2, Dialogue 2.” Thus, R2-D2 was born. Name that 1973 George Lucas film.
4. Marvin the Paranoid Android is a fan-favorite character from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” A few of those fans even wrote a song called “Paranoid Android” in 1997. What band were they in?
5. What shiny metal robot — whose last name is Rodriguez — was built at Mom’s Friendly Robot Company in Tijuana, Mexico, in the year 2996?
3. American Graffiti
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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2. Bumblebee
1. The Iron Giant?
4. Radiohead
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5) Bender! He’s in Futurama.
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If I had a nickel every time someone referenced Question 2 to my damn car...
The Transformers movies SUCKED. I didn't buy my car for that reason! I bought it because it was pretty!
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Answers to Thursday, June 6, 2024
Robo-Besties: In the future, we’ll all have robotic best friends. In the meantime, here are five questions about robots we wish we could chill with.
1. Before Vin Diesel voiced a tall, sentient space tree in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” he voiced a tall, sentient space robot in what 1999 movie?
“The Iron Giant”
2. Which Autobot was a Volkswagen Beetle when the original Transformers toys and animated series were introduced in the ’80s, but was changed to a Chevy Camaro in the recent movies?
Bumblebee
3. In 1973, George Lucas was finishing up a teen movie starring Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss when he noticed that one of the film reels was labeled “Reel 2, Dialogue 2.” Thus, R2-D2 was born. Name that 1973 George Lucas film.
“American Graffiti”
4. Marvin the Paranoid Android is a fan-favorite character from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” A few of those fans even wrote a song called “Paranoid Android” in 1997. What band were they in?
Radiohead
5. What shiny metal robot — whose last name is Rodriguez — was built at Mom’s Friendly Robot Company in Tijuana, Mexico, in the year 2996?
Bender
(“Futurama”)
Questions for
Friday, June 7, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: According to Merriam-Webster’s Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, there are five two-letter words in Scrabble that begin with the letter “i.” Name as many of those words as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. What actor started her career as TV's Gidget, and has since earned acclaim playing a flying nun, a union organizer, a first lady, and a distributor of confectionery life lessons?
3. The word “xenoarchaeology” refers to the study of what types of civilizations?
4. The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement signed in 1840 between the British government and what native people of New Zealand — the second largest ethnic group in the country today?
5. Today is June 7. Happy 49th birthday to Allen Iverson, who spent the first 10 years of his career in the NBA playing for what team?
1 Id if, in, is, it
3 Aliens
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5. Philadelphia 76ers
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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2. Sally Field
4. Maori
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Answers to Friday, June 7, 2024
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: According to Merriam-Webster’s Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, there are five two-letter words in Scrabble that begin with the letter “i.” Name as many of those words as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
ID, IF, IN, IS, IT
2. What actor started her career as TV's Gidget, and has since earned acclaim playing a flying nun, a union organizer, a first lady, and a distributor of confectionery life lessons?
Sally Field
3. The word “xenoarchaeology” refers to the study of what types of civilizations?
Alien (or extraterrestrial)
4. The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement signed in 1840 between the British government and what native people of New Zealand — the second largest ethnic group in the country today?
Māori
5. Today is June 7. Happy 49th birthday to Allen Iverson, who spent the first 10 years of his career in the NBA playing for what team?
Philadelphia 76ers
Questions for
Monday, June 10, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. If you find yourself on the land that was once known as Tenochtitlán, what modern-day national capital are you in?
2. What actor was the first runner-up in the 1986 Miss USA pageant, and is also the only actor to appear in each of the “James Bond,” “Kingsman,” and “John Wick” film franchises?
3. The national liberation front that came to power in Nicaragua in 1979 took what name from a guerilla leader born in 1893?
4. Pork butt doesn’t come from a pig’s butt. It’s actually a thicker cut taken from which part of the body?
5. When Elmer Fudd sings “Kill the Wabbit,” he does so to the tune of what Wagner composition?
1 Mexico City
2 Halle Berry
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