Women in Red: The “Woman in Red” is a common trope in pop culture. Here are five examples.
1. What video game character — whose trademark red trench coat and hat made their debut in 1985 — goes by such nicknames as “The Lady in Red” and “The Miss in Misdemeanor”?
Carmen Sandiego
2. Name this 1999 movie: “You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. Were you listening to me? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?”
”The Matrix”
3. In what 1984 movie does a demonically possessed woman in a red dress announce, “There is no Dana… only ZUUL”?
“Ghostbusters”
4. Ms. Sara Bellum has red hair, wears a red dress and red shoes, and her face never appears on screen. She is the assistant to the Mayor of Townsville, although everyone knows she’s really the one in charge. Name that TV series.
“The Powerpuff Girls”
5. What 1930s cartoon character wears a red flapper dress and is supposedly based on singer Helen Kane?
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are six U.S. state capitals that end in the letter “A.” Name as many of those capitals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong!
2. What recently departed MLB Hall of Famer, whose quotable personality led to Sports Illustrated describing him as “The modern-day Yogi Berra, only faster,” holds the all-time records for runs scored and stolen bases?
3. One of the top three girls’ names for babies born during the 2000s is also the name of a U.S. state capital. What is that name?
4. USB cables are pretty commonplace these days. What does the “U” in “USB” stand for?
5. Today is January 10. On this date in 1999, what influential drama starring James Gandolfini and Edie Falco aired for the first time on HBO?
“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. Helena, Augusta, Columbia, Atlanta, Topeka, Olympia
“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. Helena, Augusta, Columbia, Atlanta, Topeka, Olympia
Have you been to all 5 of those capitals?
All but Augusta and heading there in Oct.
“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. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are six U.S. state capitals that end in the letter “A.” Name as many of those capitals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong!
Atlanta (Georgia), Topeka (Kansas), Augusta (Maine), Helena (Montana), Columbia (South Carolina), Olympia (Washington)
2. What recently departed MLB Hall of Famer, whose quotable personality led to Sports Illustrated describing him as “The modern-day Yogi Berra, only faster,” holds the all-time records for runs scored and stolen bases?
Rickey Henderson
3. One of the top three girls’ names for babies born during the 2000s is also the name of a U.S. state capital. What is that name?
Madison
4. USB cables are pretty commonplace these days. What does the “U” in “USB” stand for?
“Universal”
5. Today is January 10. On this date in 1999, what influential drama starring James Gandolfini and Edie Falco aired for the first time on HBO?
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The Santa Cruz Mountains are home to what yellow mollusk, which is also the mascot for UC Santa Cruz?
2. What beverage’s name comes from combining a Japanese term meaning “to rub” or “to paint” with the word for “tea”?
3. Ricardo Montalbán, Malcolm McDowell, and Roselyn Sánchez have all played members of the Roarke family, the hosts who welcome visitors to what mysterious TV title location?
4. What Florida town got its cosmic name when English-speaking mapmakers misspelled the area’s original Spanish name “Jobe” as “Jove”?
5. Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Pennywise, Long John Silver, and Nigel Thornberry are all characters who have been portrayed by what spicy English actor?
1. The Santa Cruz Mountains are home to what yellow mollusk, which is also the mascot for UC Santa Cruz?
Banana slugs
2. What beverage’s name comes from combining a Japanese term meaning “to rub” or “to paint” with the word for “tea”?
Matcha ("matsu cha")
3. Ricardo Montalbán, Malcolm McDowell, and Roselyn Sánchez have all played members of the Roarke family, the hosts who welcome visitors to what mysterious TV title location?
Fantasy Island
4. What Florida town got its cosmic name when English-speaking mapmakers misspelled the area’s original Spanish name “Jobe” as “Jove”?
Jupiter
5. Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Pennywise, Long John Silver, and Nigel Thornberry are all characters who have been portrayed by what spicy English actor?
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)” is an abstract expressionist work of art painted by what American artist?
2. The most recent U.S. presidential election in which both major party candidates were former state governors happened in what year?
3. The Korean word for “water celery” is also the title of an Oscar-winning semi-autobiographical 2020 film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. What is that word/film?
4. What 1996 memoir’s first chapter tells us that “worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood”?
5. What two-word phrase is Latin for “by the fact itself”?
“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. “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)” is an abstract expressionist work of art painted by what American artist?
Jackson Pollock
2. The most recent U.S. presidential election in which both major party candidates were former state governors happened in what year?
1980 (Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter)
3. The Korean word for “water celery” is also the title of an Oscar-winning semi-autobiographical 2020 film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. What is that word/film?
“Minari”
4. What 1996 memoir’s first chapter tells us that “worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood”?
“Angela's Ashes”
5. What two-word phrase is Latin for “by the fact itself”?
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What two-word phrase can describe either an island in the Lesser Antilles or musician Annie Clark?
2. The Best Actor Oscar in 1973 and Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1975 went to two actors who portrayed the same character. The same thing happened with Best Supporting Actor in 2009 and Best Actor in 2020. Name either of those double-awarded characters!
3. In the 1920s, MGM Studios made actor Lucille LeSueur change her name. She became a star of films like "Mildred Pierce" and "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" under what screen name, which she thought made her sound like a shellfish?
4. What woman-targeted magazine originally had a three-word title, ending with “of Hollywood”?
5. What college fight song was originally titled “Minnesota, Minnesota” before its composer agreed to give it to another state instead, and was regarded by none other than John Philip Sousa as the finest marching song he’d ever heard?
“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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Interesting fact I stumbled upon today. Can anyone tell me the name of the first Gopher Hockey Player to be named to the US Olympic team? Bonus points if you know what Olympic Games it was and the location of said games.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
Phillip LaBatte, 1936. Don’t remember the city without looking it up, but I know it was Germany. We got bronze, Great Britain won gold.
Nicely done. The first time I remember reading that the UK won a gold in ice hockey I remember fact checking it because I didn’t believe it. I think that team consisted of a bunch of Royal Navy Officers from Canada or something like that. Fascinating story.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
Phillip LaBatte, 1936. Don’t remember the city without looking it up, but I know it was Germany. We got bronze, Great Britain won gold.
Nicely done. The first time I remember reading that the UK won a gold in ice hockey I remember fact checking it because I didn’t believe it. I think that team consisted of a bunch of Royal Navy Officers from Canada or something like that. Fascinating story.
It did. Canada had won worlds four years in a row until GBR beat them in ‘36 with a roster with a lot of Canadians.
1. What two-word phrase can describe either an island in the Lesser Antilles or musician Annie Clark?
Saint Vincent
2. The Best Actor Oscar in 1973 and Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1975 went to two actors who portrayed the same character. The same thing happened with Best Supporting Actor in 2009 and Best Actor in 2020. Name either of those double-awarded characters!
Vito Corleone (aka The Godfather); The Joker
3. In the 1920s, MGM Studios made actor Lucille LeSueur change her name. She became a star of films like "Mildred Pierce" and "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" under what screen name, which she thought made her sound like a shellfish?
Joan Crawford
4. What woman-targeted magazine originally had a three-word title, ending with “of Hollywood”?
Glamour
5. What college fight song was originally titled “Minnesota, Minnesota” before its composer agreed to give it to another state instead, and was regarded by none other than John Philip Sousa as the finest marching song he’d ever heard?
“Hey, They Were On ‘Grey’s Anatomy’!”: Questions about notable guest stars on the show “Grey’s Anatomy.” No knowledge of the show is required!
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The troubled teen played by Demi Lovato in Season 6 is misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, but Lovato scored a Top 10 hit with what song named for a cardiac, not psychological, ailment in 2013?
2. As if her deaths in “A Walk to Remember” and “This Is Us” weren’t tragic enough, viewers also got a multi-episode arc from what actor, playing an even unluckier woman who survives a shooting only to die in low-risk surgery?
3. In a Season 6 flashback, Meredith’s mother treats an early AIDS patient. In that episode, she’s played by what actor known for her 13 different “American Horror Story” roles, which have earned her five acting Emmy nominations over the years?
4. Eight years before playing a pregnant teen on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Keke Palmer got her breakthrough starring in the title role in what spelling-focused Laurence Fishburne film?
5. When we see Christina Ricci featured in “Grey’s,” it’s as a paramedic treating a WWII reenactor who was accidentally shot with what sort of anti-tank weapon that isn’t quite as pink and sweet as its bubblegum namesake?
I still watch greys anatomy. It’s now just a new batch of young doctors all sleeping with each other and doing medical things. There, you’re now educated on the show. 😉
I still watch greys anatomy. It’s now just a new batch of young doctors all sleeping with each other and doing medical things. There, you’re now educated on the show. 😉
I could have probably told you that, and I haven't seen a single episode. 😉
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.
