One of those European soccer teams… Too many to choose from… lol!!!
No – it’s the Cowboys.
The European soccer leagues haven’t figured out how to really maximize their value. One of the key guys who owns the Dodgers just led a consortium to buy Chelsea Football Club for a little more than $2B. In buying it he thinks they are massively undervalued and that they could be as valuable as teams in the NFL
I looked up the real answer, but in 2013, the Cowboys were worth 2.3 Billion. They did break 3 Billion on 2014, after at least two other teams from some sport or sports.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
One of those European soccer teams… Too many to choose from… lol!!!
No – it’s the Cowboys.
The European soccer leagues haven’t figured out how to really maximize their value. One of the key guys who owns the Dodgers just led a consortium to buy Chelsea Football Club for a little more than $2B. In buying it he thinks they are massively undervalued and that they could be as valuable as teams in the NFL
I looked up the real answer, but in 2013, the Cowboys were worth 2.3 Billion. They did break 3 Billion on 2014, after at least two other teams from some sport or sports.
Now that I’ve looked it up I’ll be darned. I will say Gator was right and I was wrong. Imagine how valuable they’ll be compared to NFL teams if the new owners of Chelsea are right given the Broncos just sold for 4.65B
I’d have guessed Cowboys first , Yankees second, and then I don’t know who else after that.
I’m partially correct… I said “one of those European soccer teams”. I need to find out which one… lol!!!
* I’m not a soccer Nostradamus, but I’m surprised with the team it was. A Spanish team and not a English team.
Keep your stick on the ice...
I’m partially correct… I said “one of those European soccer teams”. I need to find out which one… lol!!!
* I’m not a soccer Nostradamus, but I’m surprised with the team it was. A Spanish team and not a English team.
Look closer. The Spanish team was 2nd over the 3 Billion mark
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Are you looking for 2013?!?!?!
Keep your stick on the ice...
Yes.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
So FC Barcelona, Real Madrid or Manchester United...
Answers to Tuesday, June 21, 2022
1. What singer and actor got her big break as a backup dancer for New Kids on the Block in 1991, 11 years before she released a single claiming that she herself is “from the block”?
Jennifer Lopez
2. As N.K. Jemisin fans know, what is the geometric name for a three-dimensional ring—the classic donut shape?
Torus
(or toroid)
3. What six-word greeting is traditionally answered, “And the rest of the day to yourself”?
“Top of the morning to you”
4. What model of Chevrolet dates back to 1935, making it the granddaddy of SUVs?
Suburban
5. What team became the first professional sports team ever to be valued over $3 billion, which it did in 2013?
Manchester United
Questions for Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. With her 1993 film “The Piano,” Jane Campion became the first ever Oscar-nominated director from what Southern Hemispheric country?
2. What is the longest and strongest bone in the human body?
3. What rapper and actor, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., had to drop the word “Sense” from his stage name in 1994 after he was sued by a California reggae band with the same name?
4. What aquatic name was given to Chevrolet Corvettes made between 1963 and 1982, as well as a popular model of Schwinn bicycle sold during that exact same period?
5. Whose tomb, according to legend, is inscribed with the words “The once and future king”?
2. Femur
4. Stingray
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. Common?
2. Clavicles
1. New Zealand
Answers to Wednesday, June 22, 2022
1. With her 1993 film “The Piano,” Jane Campion became the first ever Oscar-nominated director from what Southern Hemispheric country?
New Zealand
2. What's the longest and strongest bone in the human body?
Femur
3. What rapper and actor, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., had to drop the word “Sense” from his stage name in 1994 after he was sued by a California reggae band with the same name?
Common
4. What aquatic name was given to Chevrolet Corvettes made between 1963 and 1982, as well as a popular model of Schwinn bicycle sold during that exact same period?
Stingray
5. Whose tomb, according to legend, is inscribed with the words “The once and future king”?
King Arthur
Questions for Theme Thursday, June 23, 2022
Título en Español: Five questions about movies and TV shows with Spanish titles.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. In 2006, what actor became the first Spanish woman to be nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie “Volver”?
2. Sisters Lyn and Emma Hernandez reunite in L.A. and learn about their recently deceased mother’s life in what recently canceled Starz series, whose title means “life”?
3. Jack's girlfriend Elisa can't get her grandmother to approve of their relationship, because Jack perfectly resembles the evil Generalissimo on her favorite soap opera, “Los Amantes Clandestinos.” On what NBC sitcom did that plotline take place?
4. Released in 2001 with the highest-grossing opening in the history of Mexican cinema, what film faced distribution issues in the U.S. due to its explicit depiction of drug use and sexual content?
5. What CW show, itself adapted from a telenovela, shows the main character’s father as an actor on such telenovelas as “Pasión Intergalactica” and “Tiago a Través del Tiempo”?
3. 30 Rock
1. Penelope Cruz
4. Y tu mamá también ?
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 23, 2022
1. In 2006, what actor became the first Spanish woman to be nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie “Volver”?
Penélope Cruz
2. Sisters Lyn and Emma Hernandez reunite in L.A. and learn about their recently deceased mother’s life in what recently canceled Starz series, whose title means “life”?
“Vida” (and come to Pride on TV Trivia!)
3. Jack's girlfriend Elisa can't get her grandmother to approve of their relationship, because Jack perfectly resembles the evil Generalissimo on her favorite soap opera, “Los Amantes Clandestinos.” On what NBC sitcom did that plotline take place?
“30 Rock”
4. Released in 2001 with the highest-grossing opening in the history of Mexican cinema, what film faced distribution issues in the U.S. due to its explicit depiction of drug use and sexual content?
“Y Tu Mamá También”
5. What CW show, itself adapted from a telenovela, shows the main character’s father as an actor on such telenovelas as “Pasión Intergalactica” and “Tiago a Través del Tiempo”?
“Jane the Virgin”
Questions for Friday, June 24, 2022
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: NASA’s shuttle program consisted of six space shuttle orbiters. One of them, Enterprise, never went to space. The other five did. Name as many of those five shuttles as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
2. Of all U.S. states with active volcanoes, which is furthest south?
3. Mr. T’s catchphrase “I pity the fool” originally appeared in a 1982 movie. Who was the fool that Mr. T pitied?
4. Of the nine actors who play members of the Fellowship of the Ring, the tallest is John Rhys-Davies. Which character did he portray?
5. Today is June 24. Happy 36th birthday to what “A Seat at the Table” singer-songwriter and famous younger sister?
1 Columbus, Discovery, Atlantis, Challenger, Endeavour
4 Gimli
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
2. Hawaii
3. Rocky Balboa
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 24, 2022
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: NASA’s shuttle program consisted of six space shuttle orbiters. One of them, Enterprise, never went to space. The other five did. Name as many of those five shuttles as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour
2. Of all U.S. states with active volcanoes, which is furthest south?
Hawaiʻi
3. Mr. T’s catchphrase “I pity the fool” originally appeared in a 1982 movie. Who was the fool that Mr. T pitied?
Rocky Balboa
(Sylvester Stallone)
4. Of the nine actors who play members of the Fellowship of the Ring, the tallest is John Rhys-Davies. Which character did he portray?
Gimli
5. Today is June 24. Happy 36th birthday to what “A Seat at the Table” singer-songwriter and famous younger sister?
Solange Knowles
Questions for Monday, June 27, 2022
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The Tyrell Corporation specializes in the production of life-like androids in what 1982 film, as well as its 2017 sequel?
2. "Enlightening the World" is the lesser-known end of the name of what public art piece, which was a reddish color when it was first displayed?
3. What family drama series ran for 10 seasons on the WB and got its title from a religious concept that originated in ancient Mesopotamia around the second millennium BCE?
4. Whether you pronounce it with a hard “G” or a soft “G,” GIFs are a crucial part of the modern internet. What does “GIF” stand for?
5. The Yankees retired number 4 in 1939. It was the first time any team in Major League Baseball retired a number. Whose number was it?
5 - Lou Gehrig
“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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- Tron?
3. Seventh Heaven
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. Graphics Interchange Format
1) Blade Runner
2. Statue of Liberty
Answers to Monday, June 27, 2022
1. The Tyrell Corporation specializes in the production of life-like androids in what 1982 film, as well as its 2017 sequel?
“Blade Runner”
2. "Enlightening the World" is the lesser-known end of the name of what public art piece, which was a reddish color when it was first displayed?
The Statue of Liberty
3. What family drama series ran for 10 seasons on the WB and got its title from a religious concept that originated in ancient Mesopotamia around the second millennium BCE?
“7th Heaven”
4. Whether you pronounce it with a hard “G” or a soft “G,” GIFs are a crucial part of the modern internet. What does “GIF” stand for?
“Graphics Interchange Format”
5. The Yankees retired number 4 in 1939. It was the first time any team in Major League Baseball retired a number. Whose number was it?
Lou Gehrig
Questions for Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What newspaper, notorious for its salacious style and its “Page Six” gossip column, was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801?
2. Shepherds traditionally put a bell around the neck of the castrated male sheep who leads their flock, allowing them to track the movements of the flock by listening for the bell. What is the six-letter term for a castrated male sheep?
3. The people born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Joseph Ratzinger, and Karol Wojtyla are all better known by what title?
4. Elvis Presley wore jewelry bearing the letters “TCB.” What did it stand for?
5. Linda Cardellini and Busy Philipps appeared together on two television shows—one in its first and only season, and one in its 13th season. Name both of those shows.
4. Taking Care of Business
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1 - NY Post ??
3 - Bishop of Rome or Pope
“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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5) 'Freaks & Geeks' was one of them.
Keep your stick on the ice...
Answers to Tuesday, June 28, 2022
1. What newspaper, notorious for its salacious style and its “Page Six” gossip column, was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801?
“New York Post”
2. Shepherds traditionally put a bell around the neck of the castrated male sheep who leads their flock, allowing them to track the movements of the flock by listening for the bell. What is the six-letter term for a castrated male sheep?
Wether
(the sheep with the bell is called the “bellwether”)
3. The people born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Joseph Ratzinger, and Karol Wojtyla are all better known by what title?
Pope
4. Elvis Presley wore jewelry bearing the letters “TCB.” What did it stand for?
“Takin’ Care of Business”
5. Linda Cardellini and Busy Philipps appeared together on two television shows—one in its first and only season, and one in its 13th season. Name both of those shows.
“Freaks and Geeks,” “ER”
Questions for Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Math! You have two candles. They are the same length, but the first one takes six hours to burn all the way down, and the second only takes three hours. You light them both at the same time and leave the room. When you come back, you notice that the first candle is exactly twice as long as the second candle. How long were you gone?
2. In the nursery rhymes, whose wife could eat no lean?
3. Which is the only Canadian province that is, in its entirety, unconnected to the North American mainland?
4. The gaming term “survival horror” was coined to describe what 1996 zombie attack video game, which has spawned nearly thirty sequels and remakes, as well as a long-running film franchise?
5. If you’re learning the stories of Grizabella, Bustopher Jones, and Old Deuteronomy, what musical are you watching?
1. 2 hours
2. Jack Sprat's
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2: Jack Sprat
3: Prince Edward Island
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
4. Resident Evil?
5 - Cats ??
“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 Wednesday, June 29, 2022
1. Math! You have two candles. They are the same length, but the first one takes six hours to burn all the way down, and the second only takes three hours. You light them both at the same time and leave the room. When you come back, you notice that the first candle is exactly twice as long as the second candle. How long were you gone?
2 hours
2. In the nursery rhymes, whose wife could eat no lean?
Jack Sprat
3. Which is the only Canadian province that is, in its entirety, unconnected to the North American mainland?
Prince Edward Island
4. The gaming term “survival horror” was coined to describe what 1996 zombie attack video game, which has spawned nearly thirty sequels and remakes, as well as a long-running film franchise?
“Resident Evil”
5. If you’re learning the stories of Grizabella, Bustopher Jones, and Old Deuteronomy, what musical are you watching?
“Cats”
Questions for Theme Thursday, June 30, 2022
On Grass: Wimbledon’s in full swing. Here are five questions about some other folks who also like to, ahem, “play on grass.”
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What now 89-year-old singer was nominated for a Country Music Award in 2012 for the song “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die”?
2. Snoop Dogg also appeared on the song mentioned in question number 1. Fun fact: Cameron Diaz is pretty sure she bought weed from Snoop Dogg in high school. They both grew up in what Greater Los Angeles area city?
3. Which cast member of “The View” co-founded a cannabis brand in 2016 aimed at treating menstrual cramps?
4. At what city’s summer Olympics did Michael Phelps win a record eight gold medals in 2008?
5. The first federal law criminalizing cannabis was passed in 1937. Legislators called the drug “marijuana” as a way to implicate Mexican Americans in its proliferation. They didn’t spell it “marijuana,” though – what now-antiquated spelling did they use?
- Willie Nelson
1: Willie Nelson
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4 - Bejing
“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. Long Beach