Questions for
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. “If she reads, she reads She.” That is the literal English-language translation of a 1960s-era slogan used by what French fashion magazine?
2. What trendy high-fat, low-carb diet was originally developed in the 1920s to treat pediatric epilepsy?
3. An abolitionist escaped slavery in 1838 by posing as a sailor and boarding a train to Delaware. He wrote about that experience in an autobiography titled “Narrative of the Life of BLANK, an American Slave.” Fill in that blank!
4. In 2004, a man falsely accused of murder was released when footage of him at a Dodgers game emerged that confirmed his alibi. That footage was shot for “The Car Pool Lane,” an episode of what TV comedy?
5. What seven-letter art-making technique dates back to the second century BCE, and got its current name in the 1910s, when Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque named it after the French word for “glue”?
1 - Elle ??
“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. Keto
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. Frederick Douglass
5. Collage
Answers to Tuesday, January 10, 2023
1. “If she reads, she reads She.” That is the literal English-language translation of a 1960s-era slogan used by what French fashion magazine?
“Elle”
(“Elle” means “she” in French)
2. What trendy high-fat, low-carb diet was originally developed in the 1920s to treat pediatric epilepsy?
Keto
(Ketogenic Diet)
3. An abolitionist escaped slavery in 1838 by posing as a sailor and boarding a train to Delaware. He wrote about that experience in an autobiography titled “Narrative of the Life of BLANK, an American Slave.” Fill in that blank!
Frederick Douglass
4. In 2004, a man falsely accused of murder was released when footage of him at a Dodgers game emerged that confirmed his alibi. That footage was shot for “The Car Pool Lane,” an episode of what HBO comedy?
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
5. What seven-letter art-making technique dates back to the second century BCE, and got its current name in the 1910s, when Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque named it after the French word for “glue”?
Collage
Questions for
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. While many NFL teams use animal logos, only one has a plant for a logo. It's a stylized version of a lily. What team is that?
2. Your philtrum is located between what two parts of your body?
3. In the imperial system of weights and measures, what unit of dry volume comes between a gallon and a bushel and was famously used to measure preserved nightshades?
4. The world’s oldest known thesaurus was written in Ancient Greece by Philo of Byblos. What was the last name of the British doctor who wrote the first modern thesaurus?
5. What organization was founded over 70 years ago in London, has counted such people as Isaac Asimov, Joyce Carol Oates, and Buckminster Fuller as members, and gets its name from the Latin for “table”?
2. Nose & lips.
1: Saints
3: Peck
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
3. Peck
4 - Roget
“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) Mensa
When people tell me I’ll regret not having kids, I say that’s okay I know a really good place to cry. It’s my vacation home.
Answers to Wednesday, January 11, 2023
1. While many NFL teams use animal logos, only one has a plant for a logo. It's a stylized version of a lily. What team is that?
New Orleans Saints
(it's a fleur de lis – and come to NFL trivia all this month!)
2. Your philtrum is located between what two parts of your body?
Nose and mouth
3. In the imperial system of weights and measures, what unit of dry volume comes between a gallon and a bushel and was famously used to measure preserved nightshades?
Peck
(it’s two gallons, or a quarter of a bushel)
4. The world’s oldest known thesaurus was written in Ancient Greece by Philo of Byblos. What was the last name of the British doctor who wrote the first modern thesaurus?
Roget
5. What organization was founded over 70 years ago in London, has counted such people as Isaac Asimov, Joyce Carol Oates, and Buckminster Fuller as members, and gets its name from the Latin for “table”?
Mensa
Questions for
Theme Thursday, January 12, 2023
Oh, the Iron-y: Five questions related to iron. And none about irony. Ironic, isn’t it?
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What 17-minute song from 1968 was the biggest hit for the band Iron Butterfly?
2. The Iron Bowl is a longstanding annual football game played by the two largest universities in Alabama. One is the University of Alabama. What is the other?
3. Iron is a transition metal, with the atomic number 26 and what chemical symbol?
4. In Summer 2022, Netflix aired the latest spinoff to a franchise that started out with “Ryōri no Tetsujin” in 1993. Name that competitive series!
5. The term “Iron Curtain” led to several analogous “curtains” that symbolized political divisions between countries. A little-known instance was the “Tartan Curtain,” which separated England from what country?
1. Inna Gadda Davida
2.Auborn
3 Fe
5 Scotland
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
4. Iron Chef
Answers to Thursday, January 12, 2023
1. What 17-minute song from 1968 was the biggest hit for the band Iron Butterfly?
“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”
2. The Iron Bowl is a longstanding annual football game played by the two largest universities in Alabama. One is the University of Alabama. What is the other?
Auburn
3. Iron is a transition metal, with the atomic number 26 and what chemical symbol?
Fe (from the Latin “ferrum”)
4. In Summer 2022, Netflix aired the latest spinoff to a franchise that started out with “Ryōri no Tetsujin” in 1993. Name that competitive series!
“Iron Chef”
5. The term “Iron Curtain” led to several analogous “curtains” that symbolized political divisions between countries. A little-known instance was the “Tartan Curtain,” which separated England from what country?
Scotland
Questions for
Friday, January 13, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: In the song “My Favorite Things,” five types of animals are mentioned. Name as many of those animals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
2. What Japanese company's name can be translated to English as “three diamonds”?
3. Which Ivy League institution was originally named “The College of New Jersey”?
4. What staple of Indian cooking is made by clarifying butter over low heat until all moisture has evaporated?
5. Today is January 13. On this day in 1898, Émile Zola wrote an open letter to the president of the French Republic headlined “J’accuse,” accusing the French government of antisemitism and of wrongly imprisoning what French artillery officer?
3 - Princeton
5 - Alfred Dreyfus
“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. Mitsubishi
3. Princeton
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Kittens, Dog, Bee...
4. Ghee
1. Kittens, Dog, Bee...
in order: Kittens, ponies, geese, dog and bee. Now I can’t get the song out of my head. Thanks a lot.
When people tell me I’ll regret not having kids, I say that’s okay I know a really good place to cry. It’s my vacation home.
Answers to Friday, January 13, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: In the song “My Favorite Things,” five types of animals are mentioned. Name as many of those animals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
Kittens, Dogs, Bees, Ponies, Geese
2. What Japanese company's name can be translated to English as “three diamonds”?
Mitsubishi
3. Which Ivy League institution was originally named “The College of New Jersey”?
Princeton
4. What staple of Indian cooking is made by clarifying butter over low heat until all moisture has evaporated?
Ghee
5. Today is January 13. On this day in 1898, Émile Zola wrote an open letter to the president of the French Republic headlined “J’accuse,” accusing the French government of antisemitism and of wrongly imprisoning what French artillery officer?
(Alfred) Dreyfus
(it was called “The Dreyfus Affair”)
Questions for
Monday, January 16, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Leave Kansas City on I-29 North to U.S. Route 20 West. Merge onto U.S. Route 26 West and drive 451 miles. You’ve just gone on a road trip that approximates… what?
2. 1984’s “Mama He’s Crazy” was the first of eight consecutive No. 1 country music singles recorded by what mother-daughter duo?
3. Two U.S. vice presidents have resigned from office. Name one of them.
4. Which of Jesus’ 12 Apostles is recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as the first pope?
5. What mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, forming a natural border between Spain and France?
2. The Judds
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.
1. Route 66?
3: John Calhoun, Spiro Agnew
4: Peter
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
1. Route 66?
The Oregon Trail - key hints in the clue: leave Kansas City on I-26 NORTH. Route 66 doesn't go through KC, and if it did, it would be going south at that point.
5. The Pyrenees
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Route 66?
The Oregon Trail - key hints in the clue: leave Kansas City on I-26 NORTH. Route 66 doesn't go through KC, and if it did, it would be going south at that point.
I have a cold. My trivia powers have been severely weakened
Kryptonite induced, no doubt.
“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. What mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, forming a natural border between Spain and France?
One of my goofy bucket list items is to visit Andorra. For no reason than it looks cool isolated in the Pyrenees snuggled between France & Spain.
Same with Liechtenstein, seems like it would be a neat place to visit for similar reason in the Alps.
“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. Route 66?
The Oregon Trail - key hints in the clue: leave Kansas City on I-26 NORTH. Route 66 doesn't go through KC, and if it did, it would be going south at that point.
5. The Pyrenees
It would be way more than 451 miles to the end of the Oregon Trail. And I don't think the trail went that route. Maybe I'm not reading the question correctly.
1. Route 66?
The Oregon Trail - key hints in the clue: leave Kansas City on I-26 NORTH. Route 66 doesn't go through KC, and if it did, it would be going south at that point.
5. The Pyrenees
It would be way more than 451 miles to the end of the Oregon Trail. And I don't think the trail went that route. Maybe I'm not reading the question correctly.
It's a long way, from a rough estimate on Google Maps just under 2,000 miles to the ocean using the clue's path.
Interstate 29 crosses US 20 in NE just south of Sioux City. Head west. Looks like US 20 & 26 cross in Idaho. From there it's west to Oregon and eventually the coast where 26 ends.
“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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Even starting in Idaho where 20 merges onto 26, it looks like about 700 miles to the west end of the Oregon Trail.1. Route 66?
The Oregon Trail - key hints in the clue: leave Kansas City on I-26 NORTH. Route 66 doesn't go through KC, and if it did, it would be going south at that point.
5. The Pyrenees
It would be way more than 451 miles to the end of the Oregon Trail. And I don't think the trail went that route. Maybe I'm not reading the question correctly.
It's a long way, from a rough estimate on Google Maps just under 2,000 miles to the ocean using the clue's path.
Interstate 29 crosses US 20 in NE just south of Sioux City. Head west. Looks like US 20 & 26 cross in Idaho. From there it's west to Oregon and eventually the coast where 26 ends.
Even starting in Idaho where 20 merges onto 26, it looks like about 700 miles to the west end of the Oregon Trail.1. Route 66?
The Oregon Trail - key hints in the clue: leave Kansas City on I-26 NORTH. Route 66 doesn't go through KC, and if it did, it would be going south at that point.
5. The Pyrenees
It would be way more than 451 miles to the end of the Oregon Trail. And I don't think the trail went that route. Maybe I'm not reading the question correctly.
It's a long way, from a rough estimate on Google Maps just under 2,000 miles to the ocean using the clue's path.
Interstate 29 crosses US 20 in NE just south of Sioux City. Head west. Looks like US 20 & 26 cross in Idaho. From there it's west to Oregon and eventually the coast where 26 ends.
Caught my eye, too. Looks like the official end of the Oregon Trail is Oregon City, just south of Portland.
That puts total closer to 451.
Me....I would have gone to the ocean. ?
“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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Still can't figure out where the 451 miles comes from. Even from Casper WY where you'd pick up US-26, it's over 1000 miles to the end of the Oregon Trail in Oregon City OR.It's a long way, from a rough estimate on Google Maps just under 2,000 miles to the ocean using the clue's path.
Interstate 29 crosses US 20 in NE just south of Sioux City. Head west. Looks like US 20 & 26 cross in Idaho. From there it's west to Oregon and eventually the coast where 26 ends.
I do think the Oregon Trail is the answer they're looking for, though
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Hoping whomever runs the trivia mafia site includes more info when the answers come out tomorrow.
“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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Its about 650 miles from the 20 to 26 merger to Oregon City.Hoping whomever runs the trivia mafia site includes more info when the answers come out tomorrow.
5. What mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, forming a natural border between Spain and France?
One of my goofy bucket list items is to visit Andorra. For no reason than it looks cool isolated in the Pyrenees snuggled between France & Spain.
Same with Liechtenstein, seems like it would be a neat place to visit for similar reason in the Alps.
I've wanted to go to Liechtenstein for a long time too. Just because it's Liechtenstein. Taking a train from Salzburg to Zurcih in September, I noticed that we would be passing through!! We even stopped for a few minutes to let another train pass in the other direction. I think the entire time in Liechtenstein, including the time spent at the station waiting for the other train was about 20 minutes. Very tiny country... Hennepin county is 10 times bigger.
5. What mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, forming a natural border between Spain and France?
One of my goofy bucket list items is to visit Andorra. For no reason than it looks cool isolated in the Pyrenees snuggled between France & Spain.
Same with Liechtenstein, seems like it would be a neat place to visit for similar reason in the Alps.
I've wanted to go to Liechtenstein for a long time too. Just because it's Liechtenstein. Taking a train from Salzburg to Zurcih in September, I noticed that we would be passing through!! We even stopped for a few minutes to let another train pass in the other direction. I think the entire time in Liechtenstein, including the time spent at the station waiting for the other train was about 20 minutes. Very tiny country... Hennepin county is 10 times bigger.
I was in Liechtenstein during an Advent Christmas trip. Did you stop at the Post Office and get your passport stamped? It’s not really official but it is allowed in your US passport. I have a stamp from the Falkland Islands too.
When people tell me I’ll regret not having kids, I say that’s okay I know a really good place to cry. It’s my vacation home.
@kelly-red I think you should have a travel show with all of the places you have been. My traveling is to the Cities for hockey and wherever the Frozen Four is. ?
I was recently informed by a GPLer that I'm related to Airey
Answers to Monday, January 16, 2023
1. Leave Kansas City on I-29 North to U.S. Route 20 West. Merge onto U.S. Route 26 West and drive 451 miles. You’ve just gone on a road trip that approximates… what?
The Oregon Trail
2. 1984’s “Mama He’s Crazy” was the first of eight consecutive No. 1 country music singles recorded by what mother-daughter duo?
The Judds
3. Two U.S. vice presidents have resigned from office. Name one of them.
John Calhoun, Spiro Agnew
4. Which of Jesus’ 12 Apostles is recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as the first pope?
Peter
5. What mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, forming a natural border between Spain and France?
The Pyrenees
Questions for
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. “Top Gun: Maverick” might get nominated for a “Best Picture” Oscar. “Maverick” is the name of the steepest roller coaster at what amusement park—which is home to the fourth most roller coasters in the world, and is located on the shores of Lake Erie?
2. There are only two countries in the Americas that border each other and begin with the same letter. Name those two countries.
3. What infamous “White House Plumber,” who’s most famous for going to prison following the Watergate Scandal, led a drug raid on Timothy Leary’s New York Mansion in 1966, and later went on a campus tour with Leary in the 1980s?
4. The Olympians drank nectar. What did they eat?
5. William Sydney Porter wrote many of his most famous short stories while serving a prison sentence for embezzlement. He is better known by what pen name?
3. G. Gordon Liddy
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2 - Boliva & Brazil
“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. Bolivia & Brazil
1. Cedar Point
4. Ambrosia
5. O Henry.
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.