4. Rhubarb! Yum.
4. Rhubarb! Yum.
I don’t like rhubarb but it might be the most indestructible plant on the planet.
4. Rhubarb! Yum.
I don’t like rhubarb but it might be the most indestructible plant on the planet.
True. There is a corner of our yard that was probably a garden some day in the past, but had been let go into “native prairie” (not really, it was mostly invasive weeds) type thing quite some time before we moved in. We got the rest of the junk to go away, but that rhubarb comes back with a vengeance every year. We find it funny now, and have actually harvested it a couple times.
I’ve got a recipe for Rhubarb Custard Pie which will blow you away. Rhubarb is indestructible.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
I love rhubarb.
I have an intense allergy to buckwheat. In my youth an allergy specialist told my mother that rhubarb and buckwheat are related so even though I had eaten rhubarb many times with no ill effects, my mother wouldn’t allow me to eat it for 12 years or so. I’m still pissed.
The ONLY Rhubarb I can even tolerate (and actually truly like) is New Glarus' Strawberry Rhubarb beer (tough to find, seasonal). In every other case, I just about gag. Note: also not a fan of strawberry. That's how good a job NG does.
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 Tuesday, August 13, 2024
1. The Cockpit-in-Court was a theater built in London in the 16th century. The baize wall treatments in its backstage area are one possible origin of what two-word show business term?
Green Room
2. “im at BLANK n my butts 2 big 2 fit in da seats on ride. ahhhhhh (dats me yellin)” was penned by Shaq in 2009. Fill in the blank with the name of the theme park he Tweeted from, which celebrates its annual Boysenberry Festival every spring.
Knott’s Berry Farm
3. “Early life,” “Private and political life,” and “Manhattan Project” are three section titles from the Wikipedia page of what physicist and subject of a 2023 film?
(J. Robert) Oppenheimer
4. What herbaceous perennial vegetable was brought to America by European settlers, who called it “pie plant”?
Rhubarb
5. Once it has lost all of its radioactivity, uranium becomes what metal element, with an atomic number of 82?
Lead
Questions for
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. According to the unimpeachable Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to reach the center of a Tootsie Roll pop?
2. Only six of the seven dwarfs in the 1937 Disney film “Snow White” had speaking roles. Which dwarf didn’t get any lines?
3. There are three NFL teams with canine mascots. Name one of those teams.
4. The world’s largest chain of convenience stores routinely gives away more than 10 million dollars worth of its signature product on one day in the middle of July. Name that store.
5. From what language do we get the word “sauna”?
2. Dopey
5. Finnish
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Three ?? Then you bite it?
3. Cleveland Browns
“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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4: 7-11
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1. “We may never know”
EDIT: As I think this over I believe it was the narrator that said this and not the owl.
3. I think the Chiefs' mascot is a wolf
3. I think the Chiefs' mascot is a wolf
I looked it up after posting and you are correct. I had not shot at getting KC and the other one.
“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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3. Saints
Kansas City "Chiefs" and a wolf doesn't make a great deal of sense to me, but that's the world of professional sports mascots I guess. The Saints is "Gumbo the Dog"???? Okay. 🙄3. I think the Chiefs' mascot is a wolf
I looked it up after posting and you are correct. I had not shot at getting KC and the other one.
3. It is tricky with the Browns. OG Mascot was Brownie The Elf (BRING THAT BACK!!!!), and the name isn't an animal. I didn't look it up, so don't know when The Dawg Pound became a thing, but those are obviously related.
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 Wednesday,
August 14, 2024
1. According to the unimpeachable Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to reach the center of a Tootsie Roll pop?
Three
2. Only six of the seven dwarfs in the 1937 Disney film “Snow White” had speaking roles. Which dwarf didn’t get any lines?
Dopey
3. There are three NFL teams with canine mascots. Name one of those teams.
Cleveland Browns (Chomps), Kansas City Chiefs (K.C. Wolf), New Orleans Saints (Gumbo)
4. The world’s largest chain of convenience stores routinely gives away more than 10 million dollars worth of its signature product on one day in the middle of July. Name that store.
7-Eleven
(7/11 is Free Slurpee Day)
5. From what language do we get the word “sauna”?
Finnish
Questions for
Theme Thursday, August 15, 2024
“Q”uestions: It’s a quintessential quiz of quirky “Q”-words for you to quibble over! All of your answers will contain the letter “Q.”
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What fruit gets its name from the Cantonese for “golden orange”?
2. Fans of Sam, Al, and Ziggy might know that what two-word term is also known in scientific circles as “atomic electron transition”?
3. In what city can you visit a large monument called “La Mitad del Mundo,” or “The Center of the World”?
4. Ishmael is the narrator of “Moby-Dick,” and therefore the first character we meet in the book. Who is the second?
5. There is only one country with a “Q” in its name that is located entirely within the Southern Hemisphere. What country is it?
5.Mozambique
2: Quantum Leap
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
4. Queequeg
1. Quince?
3. Quito, Ecuador ???? Complete WAG.
“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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B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
1. Kumquat
Kumquat marmalade! My CA friend was letting their kumquats go to waste. I made a big batch of marmalade and it’s far superior to orange.1. Kumquat
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I'm disappointed that this guy wasn't an answer to today's questions...
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, August 15, 2024
“Q”uestions: It’s a quintessential quiz of quirky “Q”-words for you to quibble over! All of your answers will contain the letter “Q.”
1. What fruit gets its name from the Cantonese for “golden orange”?
Kumquat
2. Fans of Sam, Al, and Ziggy might know that what two-word term is also known in scientific circles as “atomic electron transition”?
“Quantum leap”
3. In what city can you visit a large monument called “La Mitad del Mundo,” or “The Center of the World”?
Quito (Ecuador)
4. Ishmael is the narrator of “Moby-Dick,” and therefore the first character we meet in the book. Who is the second?
Queequeg
5. There is only one country with a “Q” in its name that is located entirely within the Southern Hemisphere. What country is it?
Mozambique
Questions for
Friday, August 16, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ 1969 book “On Death and Dying” posited five stages of grief in terminally ill patients. Name as many of those stages as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
2. Terry Jones was the co-director of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” and the sole director of the group’s next two feature films. Name either of those movies.
3. If your Italian sausage or cheese is labeled “affumicata,” that means it’s been… what?
4. Oscar-winning screenwriter Brook Maurio has written such films as “Juno,” “Jennifer’s Body,” and “Young Adult” under what pen name?
5. Today is August 16. On this day in 2018, we said goodbye to what singer, who was known as the Queen of Soul?
2 Life of Brian. Meaning of life
5 Aretha Franklin
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
5. Aretha Franklin
She was awesome and turned a very good Otis Redding song into hers, one of the few covers I like better than the original.
“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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3) Smoked
Keep your stick on the ice...
1. Denial, anger, acceptance..,
4. Diablo Cody
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
5. Aretha Franklin
She was awesome and turned a very good Otis Redding song into hers, one of the few covers I like better than the original.
Apparently, when Otis heard Aretha's version, he said, "Well, damn. That's her song now."
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 Friday, August 16, 2024
1. Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s 1969 book “On Death and Dying” posited five stages of grief in terminally ill patients. Name as many of those stages as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
2. Terry Jones was the co-director of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” and the sole director of the group’s next two feature films. Name either of those movies.
“Life of Brian,” “The Meaning of Life”
3. If your Italian sausage or cheese is labeled “affumicata,” that means it’s been… what?
Smoked
4. Oscar-winning screenwriter Brook Maurio has written such films as “Juno,” “Jennifer’s Body,” and “Young Adult” under what pen name?
Diablo Cody
5. Today is August 16. On this day in 2018, we said goodbye to what singer, who was known as the Queen of Soul?
Aretha Franklin
Questions for
Monday, August 19, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Vogsphere, home of the Vogons, is a planet from what sci-fi franchise that originated as a 1978 comedy broadcast on BBC radio?
2. St. Petersburg wasn’t called “St. Petersburg” between 1914 and 1991. During that time, it was known by two other names that both ended in what four letters?
3. What salad was reportedly invented in the 1930s by the owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, California, as a way to use up his leftovers?
4. The Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth song “See You Again” was written for the soundtrack of the 2015 film “Furious 7” as a tribute to what late actor?
5. Potatoes — along with tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and tobacco — belong to what family of plants, which shares its name with a Marvel villain, a DC Comics superhero, and a Dungeons and Dragons monster?
2. G-R-A-D. (Leningrad & Petrograd)
4. Paul Walker
5. Nightshade
3. Cobb Salad
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
1: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
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, August 19, 2024
1. Vogsphere, home of the Vogons, is a planet from what sci-fi franchise that originated as a 1978 comedy broadcast on BBC radio?
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
2. St. Petersburg wasn’t called “St. Petersburg” between 1914 and 1991. During that time, it was known by two other names that both ended in what four letters?
“-grad”
(Petrograd, Leningrad)
3. What salad was reportedly invented in the 1930s by the owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, California, as a way to use up his leftovers?
Cobb salad
4. The Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth song “See You Again” was written for the soundtrack of the 2015 film “Furious 7” as a tribute to what late actor?
Paul Walker
5. Potatoes — along with tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and tobacco — belong to what family of plants, which shares its name with a Marvel villain, a DC Comics superhero, and a Dungeons and Dragons monster?
Nightshade
Questions for
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. Answers to yesterday’s questions below.
1. What semi-aquatic mammal has a name that comes from the Greek for “river horse”?
2. The University of Tulsa's teams were originally meant to be the Golden Tornadoes. When it was pointed out that another school was using that name, their name and mascot switched to what typically un-Oklahoman weather event?
3. What mythical traveler overcame such obstacles as a witch who turned his men to swine, a cyclops who kidnapped him, and a nymph who seduced him for seven years?
4. What sport has a name that, when rendered in kanji characters, means “to strike one another”?
5. “Wagon Wheel” and “Come Back Song” are solo hits by what soulful singer and lead vocalist of Hootie and the Blowfish?
5. Darius Rucker
“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. Hurricanes
5. Darius Rucker
1. Hippo