Questions for
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Ricky Martin recorded the song “La Copa de la Vida” in 1998 after what organization requested an anthem for an upcoming event?
2. Lori Lightfoot was the first Black woman to be elected mayor of what U.S. city?
3. Fuel injection became standard in most automobiles in the 1980s. Prior to that, it was possible to flood your engine by giving it too much gas. What component did fuel injectors replace?
4. During his return from Troy, Odysseus encountered an island whose inhabitants notably consumed what flowering plant, as Alfred, Lord Tennyson fans would know?
5. Christian Slater conducted it. Brad Pitt participated in it. What was it, per the title of a 1994 movie?
3. Carburetor
“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.Chicago
1. World Cup
5. Interview With A Vampire
4) the Lotus
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Answers to Tuesday,
October 29, 2024
1. Ricky Martin recorded the song “La Copa de la Vida” in 1998 after what organization requested an anthem for an upcoming event?
FIFA
(it was for the 1998 World Cup)
2. Lori Lightfoot was the first Black woman to be elected mayor of what U.S. city?
Chicago
3. Fuel injection became standard in most automobiles in the 1980s. Prior to that, it was possible to flood your engine by giving it too much gas. What component did fuel injectors replace?
Carburetors
4. During his return from Troy, Odysseus encountered an island whose inhabitants notably consumed what flowering plant, as Alfred, Lord Tennyson fans would know?
Lotuses
(Tennyson has a poem called “The Lotus Eaters”)
5. Christian Slater conducted it. Brad Pitt participated in it. What was it, per the title of a 1994 movie?
“Interview with the Vampire”
Questions for
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Author A.A. Milne’s son was a respected bookseller in his own right, but he probably got more recognition due to having what famous first and middle name?
2. The October Revolution occurred in 1917 in what country?
3. In the 1920s, a New Jersey juice manufacturer discovered a way to make a drinkable chocolate beverage that wouldn’t spoil on shelves the way chocolate milk does. What did he call it?
4. What 1987 movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick, has a title referencing the copper covering on a bullet?
5. Pioneer Day is a day celebrating Brigham Young, who, according to tradition, uttered the phrase, “This is the right place” in 1847 in which U.S. state?
2. Russia
4. Full Metal Jacket ???
5. Utah
“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. yoo-hoo
1) Christopher Robin
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
1. Christopher Robin
4. Full Metal Jacket ???
5. Utah
4 is indeed Full Metal Jacket. IMO one of the best war/war-time movies ever made.
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,
October 30, 2024
1. Author A.A. Milne’s son was a respected bookseller in his own right, but he probably got more recognition due to having what famous first and middle name?
Christopher Robin
(A.A. Milne wrote “Winnie the Pooh”)
2. The October Revolution occurred in 1917 in what country?
Russia
3. In the 1920s, a New Jersey juice manufacturer discovered a way to make a drinkable chocolate beverage that wouldn’t spoil on shelves the way chocolate milk does. What did he call it?
Yoo-Hoo
4. What 1987 movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick, has a title referencing the copper covering on a bullet?
“Full Metal Jacket”
5. Pioneer Day is a day celebrating Brigham Young, who, according to tradition, uttered the phrase, “This is the right place” in 1847 in which U.S. state?
Utah
Questions for
Theme Thursday, October 31, 2024
Oops, All Saints: Friday, November 1 is All Saints Day. Today is an all-saints round.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Several countries are named after real people from history. Which of them is the only sovereign country in the world named after a woman?
2. What city, aptly nicknamed "Sunshine City," currently holds the Guinness Record for most consecutive days of sunshine, which it set between 1967 and 1969?
3. Guitarist Annie Clark took her stage name from the Manhattan hospital where poet Dylan Thomas died in 1953. What is her stage name?
4. What fashion designer was named the "top-earning dead celebrity" of 2009 by Forbes, thanks to an estate sale following his death a year earlier?
5. A 1982 Emmy-winning hospital drama and a 2006 Grammy-winning Gnarls Barkley album share the same title. What is that title?
5. St. Elsewhere?
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2. St. Petersburgh, FL ??
Sounds like something they'd market. 😀
“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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1. St Lucia ???
Is that an independent country? I just saw a HS friend with that first name pop up on FB......
“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. St. Vincent
4. Yves Saint Laurent?
1. St Lucia ???
Is that an independent country? I just saw a HS friend with that first name pop up on FB......
St. Lucia is independent as they got their independence from GB, and are apart of the commonwealth. This must be right.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
1. St Lucia ???
Is that an independent country? I just saw a HS friend with that first name pop up on FB......
St. Lucia is independent as they got their independence from GB, and are apart of the commonwealth. This must be right.
It’s also a beautiful country. Went there on our honeymoon in 2004. Would love to go back.
Answers to Thursday, October 31, 2024
Oops, All Saints: Friday, November 1 is All Saints’ Day. Today is an all-saints round.
1. Several countries are named after real people from history. Which of them is the only sovereign country in the world named after a woman?
St. Lucia
2. What city, aptly nicknamed "Sunshine City," currently holds the Guinness Record for most consecutive days of sunshine, which it set between 1967 and 1969?
St. Petersburg (Florida)
3. Guitarist Annie Clark took her stage name from the Manhattan hospital where poet Dylan Thomas died in 1953. What is her stage name?
St. Vincent
4. What fashion designer was named the "top-earning dead celebrity" of 2009 by Forbes, thanks to an estate sale following his death a year earlier?
Yves Saint Laurent
5. A 1982 Emmy-winning hospital drama and a 2006 Grammy-winning Gnarls Barkley album share the same title. What is that title?
“St. Elsewhere”
Questions for
Friday, November 1, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are seven members of the Five-Timers Club — people who have hosted “Saturday Night Live” five or more times — who are women. Name as many of those Five-Timer women as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. South Africa completely surrounds one tiny, landlocked country. What is it called?
3. B.P. Richfield, Earl Sneed Sinclair, and Monica DeVertebrae were just a few of the puppeteered characters on what early ’90s sitcom?
4. In 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, were tasked with removing eight tons of something from a beach. They decided the best method would be to blow it up with dynamite, resulting in a now-infamous live newscast. What did they blow up?
5. Today is November 1. On this day in 1981, what pair of Caribbean islands achieved independence from the United Kingdom, with Vere Bird serving as their first prime minister?
4. A whale
2. Lesotho
“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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“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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1) Emma Stone, Melissa McCarthy, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Candice Bergen, Tina Fey and Kristen Wigg
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
3. Dinosaurs
Answers to Friday, November 1, 2024
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are seven members of the Five-Timers Club — people who have hosted “Saturday Night Live” five or more times — who are women. Name as many of those Five-Timer women as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
Drew Barrymore, Candice Bergen, Tina Fey, Scarlett Johansson, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, Kristen Wiig
2. South Africa completely surrounds one tiny, landlocked country. What is it called?
Lesotho (not eSwatini — that borders Mozambique, as well)
3. B.P. Richfield, Earl Sneed Sinclair, and Monica DeVertebrae were just a few of the puppeteered characters on what early ’90s sitcom?
“Dinosaurs”
4. In 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, were tasked with removing eight tons of something from a beach. They decided the best method would be to blow it up with dynamite, resulting in a now-infamous live newscast. What did they blow up?
A whale
5. Today is November 1. On this day in 1981, what pair of Caribbean islands achieved independence from the United Kingdom, with Vere Bird serving as their first prime minister?
Antigua and Barbuda
“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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Questions for Monday, November 4, 2024
1. What meat is traditionally used in wiener schnitzel?
2. In the viral (and dangerous) “Chubby Bunny” challenge of the 2010s, participants say the title phrase with as many of what fluffy confection in their mouth as they can possibly fit?
3. Of the world capitals that begin with the letter “O,” only one is located in Europe. Name that capital city.
4. Sometime around 360 BCE, Plato wrote about a rival naval power that was destroyed by Athens, and then further punished by the gods. This is the first known reference to what mythical island?
5. “Make Room! Make Room!” is a 1966 dystopian sci-fi novel about the consequences of overpopulation. It was the basis of what 1973 Charlton Heston film, which, spoiler alert, added cannibalism to the plot?
Today's trivia faithfully submitted by me, Douglas C, Greyeagle, Sergeant at Arms.
“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. Atlantis
“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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1. Veal
3. Oslo
5) Soylent Green
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
2. Marshmallows
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.
“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 Monday, November 4, 2024
1. What meat is traditionally used in wiener schnitzel?
Veal
2. In the viral (and dangerous) “Chubby Bunny” challenge of the 2010s, participants say the title phrase with as many of what fluffy confection in their mouth as they can possibly fit?
Marshmallows
3. Of the world capitals that begin with the letter “O,” only one is located in Europe. Name that capital city.
Oslo
(Norway)
4. Sometime around 360 BCE, Plato wrote about a rival naval power that was destroyed by Athens, and then further punished by the gods. This is the first known reference to what mythical island?
Atlantis
5. “Make Room! Make Room!” is a 1966 dystopian sci-fi novel about the consequences of overpopulation. It was the basis of what 1973 Charlton Heston film, which, spoiler alert, added cannibalism to the plot?
“Soylent Green”
Questions for
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Tom Collins of “Rent” and Jack Kelly of “Newsies” both dream of escaping New York City for what city, the highest-elevated state capital in the U.S.?
2. There is a fairytale character in Scotland named Whuppity Stoorie. A similar character from England is named Tom Tit Tot. In America, he’s usually called by his German name, which means, roughly, “little support beam rattler.” Name that character!
3. What American aviator and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient set records for first solo flights from Honolulu to Oakland, the Red Sea to Karachi, and Mexico City to Newark?
4. Daryl Dragon sang such hits as “Love Will Keep Us Together” as one half of what married musical duo?
5. What best-selling YA author, whose debut novel “Looking for Alaska” was published in 2005, is also the co-creator of an educational YouTube channel called “Crash Course”?
4. Captain and Tennile
1. Santa Fe