1 Comet
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3. Moonlight Sonata
5. Is there a Sinatra lyric with ‘Hooch’ in it?
5. Is there a Sinatra lyric with ‘Hooch’ in it?
I think I remember Scooby-Doo was named after the lyrics in "Stranger in the Night", but that doesn't correlate to a high-grossing live-action Hollywood film.
5. Is there a Sinatra lyric with ‘Hooch’ in it?
I think I remember Scooby-Doo was named after the lyrics in "Stranger in the Night", but that doesn't correlate to a high-grossing live-action Hollywood film.
In fact it does. The 2002 Scooby-Doo movie with Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, etc. counts as live action even though the dog is CGI and outgrossed Marley and Me by about $10M for highest-grossing dog movie.
5. Is there a Sinatra lyric with ‘Hooch’ in it?
I think I remember Scooby-Doo was named after the lyrics in "Stranger in the Night", but that doesn't correlate to a high-grossing live-action Hollywood film.
In fact it does. The 2002 Scooby-Doo movie with Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, etc. counts as live action even though the dog is CGI and outgrossed Marley and Me by about $10M for highest-grossing dog movie.
That must be it then. I was about to guess Marley & Me because of the "Molly and me" that's said a few times in My Blue Heaven.
3. Moonlight Sonata
One of the few songs I can play almost perfectly....
3. What corporate mascot’s weirdly dark backstory claims that he was orphaned when he was very young and never knew his own birthday, which is why he loves throwing birthday parties for other kids? Hint: His middle name is “Entertainment.”
Chuck E. Cheese
I'd really like to add some Chuck E. Cheese animatronics to the corner of my property down near the creek. Would be a great addition along the trail there.
Answers to Wednesday, April 13, 2022
1. What type of celestial object gets its name from the Greek for "long haired"?
Comet
2. What hit 1975 song returned to the top of the Billboard charts in 1992 following its inclusion in a movie, and soared up the YouTube charts in 2019 following the release of another movie?
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
(the first movie was “Wayne’s World”; the second is “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the Queen biopic)
3. In 1832, five years after Beethoven’s death, a poet named Ludwig Rellstab wrote that the composer’s “Sonata No. 14” reminded him of watching the waters of Lake Lucerne at night. What has that piece of music been known as ever since?
“The Moonlight Sonata”
4. A palmetto is a small palm tree. Which U.S. state calls itself “the Palmetto State,” and features one on its state flag?
South Carolina
5. The highest-grossing live-action movie in Hollywood history with a dog as its title character has a name that derives from a Frank Sinatra lyric. Name that movie-slash-dog.
“Scooby-Doo”
Questions for Theme Thursday, April 14, 2022
Easter Eggs in Movies: Sometimes directors hide fun things in their movies to reward fans for watching very closely. Here are five famous examples.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. According to its director David Fincher, what 1999 movie contains at least one Starbucks cup in every scene?
2. Pixar filmmaker Lee Unkrich peppered references to his favorite movie throughout the “Toy Story” franchise. The most obvious is the carpet in Sid’s house in the first “Toy Story,” which is identical to the carpet in the Overlook Hotel. What is Unkrich’s favorite movie?
3. If you stick around until the end of what animated film, you’ll see a disclaimer stating that Disney doesn’t endorse Kristoff’s comment that “all men eat their own boogers”?
4. A gravestone for Nick Fury in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (who is alive, no spoilers) shows a line from Ezekiel 25:17. This is a reference to Samuel L. Jackson’s role in what 1994 film?
5. The term “Easter egg” for secret things hidden in movies is sometimes erroneously traced to what 1975 movie, based on an off-Broadway musical and starring Susan Sarandon? It’s true that the cast held an Easter egg hunt on the set, and three of those hidden eggs wound up in the film itself, but the term wasn’t coined until a few years later.
4: Pulp Fiction
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
5) Rocky Horror Picture Show ??
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1. Fight Club
2 is Psycho I think
2 is Psycho I think
I think it's The Shining.
2 is Psycho I think
I think it's The Shining.
Duh. The hotel in Psycho was the Bates Motel. Facepalm
Surprised no one has said #3 is Frozen
1. Sleepless in Seattle
Edit: Never mind, that was made in '93.
1. According to its director David Fincher, what 1999 movie contains at least one Starbucks cup in every scene?
“Fight Club”
2. Pixar filmmaker Lee Unkrich peppered references to his favorite movie throughout the “Toy Story” franchise. The most obvious is the carpet in Sid’s house in the first “Toy Story,” which is identical to the carpet in the Overlook Hotel. What is Unkrich’s favorite movie?
“The Shining”
3. If you stick around until the end of what animated film, you’ll see a disclaimer stating that Disney doesn’t endorse Kristoff’s comment that “all men eat their own boogers”?
“Frozen”
4. A gravestone for Nick Fury in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (who is alive, no spoilers) shows a line from Ezekiel 25:17. This is a reference to Samuel L. Jackson’s role in what 1994 film?
“Pulp Fiction”
(“The path of the righteous man…”)
5. The term “Easter egg” for secret things hidden in movies is sometimes erroneously traced to what 1975 movie, based on an off-Broadway musical and starring Susan Sarandon? It’s true that the cast held an Easter egg hunt on the set, and three of those hidden eggs wound up in the film itself, but the term wasn’t coined until a few years later.
<p class="last-child">“Rocky Horror Picture Show”</p>
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Friday, April 15, 2022</h4>
<p class="last-child">Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email. Answers to yesterday’s questions below. </p>
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3. According to traditional—and, many would argue, outdated—etiquette dating back to the Victorian era, what 15-letter wordare you supposed to say to a groom, but never to a bride, at a wedding?
4. During World War II, a copper shortage led to pennies made primarily of what other metal, which is an alloy of iron and carbon?
5. Today is April 15. On this day in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was born in what city?
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1 Long John Silver's
2. Waldorf?
4. Nickel
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.
3. Congratulations
5. Anchiano
4. Steel
1. Popeyes, Long John Silver's, and ???
2. Waldorf
1. Popeyes, Long John Silver’s, and ???
ok I had an inkling because of
the lady on the logo and did look it up…..
They are everywhere and wake you up. ?
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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1. Popeyes, Long John Silver’s, and ???
ok I had an inkling because of the lady on the logo and did look it up….. They are everywhere and wake you up. ?
*facepalm*
Starbucks
3) Congratulations for the groom…Best Wishes to the bride. Which according to my grandmother is just the polite way to say Good Luck
Dorothy: Who’s that?
Scarecrow: A man with an axe and a can of lube. I’ll ask if he wants to join us.
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1. Of the 60 largest fast food chains in the U.S., three are named after fictional seafaring characters. Name as many of them as you can for one point each.
Popeye’s, Long John Silver’s, Starbucks
(Starbuck is a character from “Moby-Dick”)
2. What kind of salad are you making if you’re tossing together apples, celery, grapes, walnuts, and marshmallows?
Waldorf Salad
3. According to traditional—and, many would argue, outdated—etiquette dating back to the Victorian era, what 15-letter word are you supposed to say to a groom, but never to a bride, at a wedding?
“Congratulations”
(you’re supposed to say “best wishes” to the bride)
4. During World War II, a copper shortage led to pennies made primarily of what other metal, which is an alloy of iron and carbon?
Steel
(coated in zinc)
5. Today is April 15. On this day in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was born in what city?
<p class="last-child">Vinci</p>
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Monday, April 18, 2022</h4>
<p class="last-child">Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email. Answers to Friday’s questions below. </p>
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1. If you order a Bloody Caesar, what additional mixer can you expect to find in your Bloody Mary?
2. What number is denoted by the prefix “giga-”?
3. What West Lafayette, Indiana university is known as the “Cradle of Astronauts,” for having graduated 27 of them?
4. What is the largest artery in the body?
5. A 15th-century Italian military leader named Cesare was the inspiration for Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” as well as Jaime Lannister in “Game of Thrones.” He was the son of Pope Alexander VI and the brother of a noblewoman named Lucrezia. What was their last name?
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5) Borgia
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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2: One Billion
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I think Zwak copies/pastes directly from an email. Wonder if that is causing this?
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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I think Zwak copies/pastes directly from an email. Wonder if that is causing this?
exactly. Not sure how to fix that
Maybe paste it to a simple text editor, then copy and paste it back in here? I know I can activate HTML in posts, but that is really not a good idea.
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3. Purdue
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. aorta
1. Clam juice
1. Clam juice
I was a bartender in college. Clam juice made me gag, the most disgusting drink ingredient imaginable?
Dorothy: Who’s that?
Scarecrow: A man with an axe and a can of lube. I’ll ask if he wants to join us.
Answers to Monday, April 18, 2022
1. If you order a Bloody Caesar, what additional mixer can you expect to find in your Bloody Mary?
Clam broth/juice
(or Clamato)
2. What number is denoted by the prefix “giga-”?
One billion
3. What West Lafayette, Indiana university is known as the “Cradle of Astronauts,” for having graduated 27 of them?
Purdue
4. What is the largest artery in the body?
Aorta
5. A 15th-century Italian military leader named Cesare was the inspiration for Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” as well as Jaime Lannister in “Game of Thrones.” He was the son of Pope Alexander VI and the brother of a noblewoman named Lucrezia. What was their last name?
Borgia
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What sans serif typeface — the subject of a 2007 documentary — is named after the Latin word for “Switzerland”?
2. What song, written by Sting in Paris in 1977, gets its name from a character in the play “Cyrano de Bergerac”?
3. Which is bigger by area: Jamaica or Cuba?
4. The majority of Tom Petty’s albums during his career were credited to both him and his backing band, the Heartbreakers. He only released three albums under his own name. Name one of those albums.
5. What style of cooking, invented by a Taipei street vendor in 1951 using a hot griddle with no pans, has a doubly erroneous name and might more accurately be called “Taiwanese stir fry”?
3. Cuba
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Helvetica
2) Roxanne ??
4) Wildflowers, Full Moon Fever, and...
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5. Mongolian BBQ
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.
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What sans serif typeface — the subject of a 2007 documentary — is named after the Latin word for “Switzerland”?
2. What song, written by Sting in Paris in 1977, gets its name from a character in the play “Cyrano de Bergerac”?
3. Which is bigger by area: Jamaica or Cuba?
4. The majority of Tom Petty’s albums during his career were credited to both him and his backing band, the Heartbreakers. He only released three albums under his own name. Name one of those albums.
5. What style of cooking, invented by a Taipei street vendor in 1951 using a hot griddle with no pans, has a doubly erroneous name and might more accurately be called “Taiwanese stir fry”?
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4) Wildflowers, Full Moon Fever, and…
Highway Companion
Answers to Tuesday, April 19, 2022
1. What sans serif typeface — the subject of a 2007 documentary — is named after the Latin word for “Switzerland”?
Helvetica
2. What song, written by Sting in Paris in 1977, gets its name from a character in the play “Cyrano de Bergerac”?
“Roxanne”
3. Which is bigger by area: Jamaica or Cuba?
Cuba
4. The majority of Tom Petty’s albums during his career were credited to both him and his backing band, the Heartbreakers. He only released three albums under his own name. Name one of those albums.
“Full Moon Fever,” “Wildflowers,” “Highway Companion”
5. What style of cooking, invented by a Taipei street vendor in 1951 using a hot griddle with no pans, has a doubly erroneous name and might more accurately be called “Taiwanese stir fry”?
Mongolian Barbecue
Questions for Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. If you alphabetically list every band ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which band comes last?
2. How do you say “journey” in Swahili?
3. What kind of coniferous tree is the national symbol of Lebanon, and is featured prominently on the country’s flag?
4. To the rest of the world, paella is considered the national dish of Spain. To Spaniards, it is considered a regional dish of the country’s third-largest city. Name that city.
5. In addition to its zip code, Beverly Hills is also famous for a swanky shopping district centered around what thoroughfare?
5) Rodeo Drive
“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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