Answers to Tuesday, March 21, 2023
1. What 2010 documentary, which was later turned into a TV series, gets its name from something commercial fishermen dump into cod tanks to keep them active? It’s also the nickname of an eight-time All-Star pitcher for the A’s and Yankees.
“Catfish”
(Catfish Hunter is the pitcher)
2. What superhero—first played on the big screen by Ben Affleck—is known by such epithets as “The Man Without Fear” and “The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen”?
Daredevil
3. What disorder’s full name contains the word “mellitus,” which comes from the Latin for “sweetened with honey,” because people going untreated for this condition have sweet-tasting urine?
Diabetes
4. She appeared on “The Simple Life” as Paris Hilton's personal stylist and organizer. She later surpassed Hilton at her own game, becoming the highest paid reality television personality in 2015. Who is she?
Kim Kardashian
5. What famous polka is played during the seventh-inning stretch during Brewers games and at halftime during Bucks games?
“Beer Barrel Polka”
(also known as “Roll Out the Barrel” or “Rosamunde”)
Questions for
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What self-proclaimed “Jamaican” “psychic,” born Youree Dell Harris in Los Angeles, appeared regularly on TV between 1997 and 2003?
2. Which happened last: Six-Day War, Thirty Years’ War, or Hundred Years’ War?
3. What Hawaii-born actor and singer had her first album, “The Divine Miss M,” produced by her good friend Barry Manilow?
4. Al Pacino plays John Milton, a diabolical partner in the firm Milton, Chadwick & Waters, in what 1997 movie?
5. Napoleon declared himself First Consul for Life, and later Emperor for Life—and yet nevertheless died in exile in 1821 on what island?
3. Bette Midler
5. St. Helena (his first exile was on Elba ? )
“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. The Six-Day War
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4: The Devil's Advocate
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
1. Miss Cleo!
“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, March 22, 2023
1. What self-proclaimed “Jamaican” “psychic,” born Youree Dell Harris in Los Angeles, appeared regularly on TV between 1997 and 2003?
Miss Cleo
2. Which happened last: Six-Day War, Thirty Years’ War, or Hundred Years’ War?
Six-Day War
(Hundred Years’ War came first)
3. What Hawaii-born actor and singer had her first album, “The Divine Miss M,” produced by her good friend Barry Manilow?
Bette Midler
4. Al Pacino plays John Milton, a diabolical partner in the firm Milton, Chadwick & Waters, in what 1997 movie?
“The Devil’s Advocate”
(are you a big fan of “The Devil’s Advocate”? Come to Keanu Reeves trivia all this month!)
5. Napoleon declared himself First Consul for Life, and later Emperor for Life—and yet nevertheless died in exile in 1821 on what island?
St. Helena
Questions for
Theme Thursday, March 23, 2023
Liquored Up Limericks: Tomorrow, March 24, is National Cocktail Day! There’s only one thing to do in such situations: Here are five limericks about cocktails. Identify the cocktail each poem describes.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. For brunches, I typically reach
For coffee to go with my quiche.
But when I want bubbles
To drown out my troubles
I mix my Prosecco with peach.
2. Elegant Italians in bikinis
Will sip them with clams and linguines
And they won’t be sorry
To run out of Campari
'Cause then they’re just sipping martinis.
3. With shaggy hair down to your shoulders
Take a 15-pound ball and roll ‘er
And give your glasses a clink
To the favorite drink
Of unemployed cardigan’d bowlers.
4. The Parisian bartender’s pride
This classic has nothing to hide
Keep the Triple Sec handy
Add lemon and brandy
And bring sugar along for the ride.
5. Imbibed by Mardi Gras masses
And served in tall, shapely glasses
Add citrus and syrup
And before you serve 'er up
Enough rum to knock y’all on your… butts.
2. Negroni ?
5. Hurricane
“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. Mimosa
Know that one, but at the end the peach made me think of Peach Schnapps and I couldn't think of mimosa.
Have a mimosa on me in Fargo... birthday boy!!!
Keep your stick on the ice...
1. Mimosa
Know that one, but at the end the peach made me think of Peach Schnapps and I couldn't think of mimosa.
I thought mimosas were Prosecco and OJ.
It is.
I think this is another drink.
“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) Sidecar? It came to me with the clue "along for the ride".
Keep your stick on the ice...
1. Bellini
“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) Sidecar? It came to me with the clue "along for the ride".
My favorite cocktail. I totally judge a bartender by their Sidecar skills. And a truly proper Sidecar has egg white in it, shaken up it develops a smooth frothy layer that adds a soft mouth feel. A sugar rim is an abomination!
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Answers to Thursday, March 23, 2023
Liquored Up Limericks: Today, March 24, is National Cocktail Day! There’s only one thing to do in such situations: Here are five limericks about cocktails. Identify the cocktail each poem describes.
1. For brunches, I typically reach
For coffee to go with my quiche.
But when I want bubbles
To drown out my troubles
I mix my Prosecco with peach.
Bellini
2. Elegant Italians in bikinis
Will sip them with clams and linguines
And they won’t be sorry
To run out of Campari
'Cause then they’re just sipping martinis.
Negroni
3. With shaggy hair down to your shoulders
Take a 15-pound ball and roll 'er
And give your glasses a clink
To the favorite drink
Of unemployed cardigan’d bowlers.
White Russian
(it’s a “Big Lebowski” reference)
4. The Parisian bartender’s pride
This classic has nothing to hide
Keep the Triple Sec handy
Add lemon and brandy
And bring sugar along for the ride.
Sidecar
5. Imbibed by Mardi Gras masses
And served in tall, shapely glasses
Add citrus and syrup
And before you serve 'er up
Enough rum to knock y’all on your… butts.
Hurricane
Questions for
Friday, March 24, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: “John Wick: Chapter 4” comes out this weekend. Keanu Reeves has played five characters named “John” or “Johnny” in films outside of the “John Wick” franchise. Name as many of the movies in which those Johns appeared as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong. (And come to Keanu Reeves trivia this weekend!)
2. The Kraken might not be from Greek mythology, but that didn’t stop the writers of what 1981 movie, which gave us the immortal phrase, “Release the Kraken!”?
3. What double-named insect is notorious for spreading a disease known as African trypanosomiasis, better known as “sleeping sickness”?
4. On NBC between the years 1992 and 1998, what four-word phrase appeared at some point or another before the words “airplane food,” “decaf,” “brunch,” “Count Chocula,” and “cancer”?
5. Today is March 24. Happy 52nd birthday to what stand-up comedian and actor, whose specials include “Boyish Girl Interrupted” and “Happy to Be Here,” and who was digitally inserted into the 2021 “Army of the Dead” after the previous actor was removed for sexual misconduct allegations?
2. Clash of the Titans
3. Tse-Tse fly
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Point Break, Johnny Mnemonic, Constantine, ???
5. Tig Notaro.
4. I'm thinking Seinfeld... "What's the deal with" ?
Answers to Friday, March 24, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: “John Wick: Chapter 4” comes out this weekend. Keanu Reeves has played five characters named “John” or “Johnny” in films outside of the “John Wick” franchise. Name as many of the movies in which those Johns appeared as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong. (And come to Keanu Reeves trivia this weekend!)
“Point Break,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Johnny Mnemonic,” “Constantine,” “Generation Um…” (And give yourself a bonus point if you knew his character in the video game “Cyberpunk 2077” is named Johnny Silverhand.)
2. The Kraken might not be from Greek mythology, but that didn’t stop the writers of what 1981 movie, which gave us the immortal phrase, “Release the Kraken!”?
“Clash of the Titans”
3. What double-named insect is notorious for spreading a disease known as African trypanosomiasis, better known as “sleeping sickness”?
Tsetse fly
4. On NBC between the years 1992 and 1998, what four-word phrase appeared at some point or another before the words “airplane food,” “decaf,” “brunch,” “Count Chocula,” and “cancer”?
“What’s the deal with”
(on “Seinfeld” and “Saturday Night Live”)
5. Today is March 24. Happy 52nd birthday to what stand-up comedian and actor, whose specials include “Boyish Girl Interrupted” and “Happy to Be Here,” and who was digitally inserted into the 2021 “Army of the Dead” after the previous actor was removed for sexual misconduct allegations?
Tig Notaro
Questions for
Monday, March 27, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. If my workout routine was invented in the ’90s by a Colombian choreographer named Beto Pérez, what kind of workout am I doing?
2. Two hundred people were hospitalized with a strange bacterial pneumonia in July of 1976. All of them had contracted it while attending a convention for what veterans association?
3. While he briefly appeared on “Veronica Mars” and “Ugly Betty,” actor Max Greenfield is best known for playing which character on “New Girl”?
4. “Big Ben” is the nickname of the bell inside the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament. What has the tower itself been called since 2012?
5. What skateboarding and street wear brand had a falling out in 1989 with its premier sponsored skateboarder, Mark Gonzales, leading him to launch his own brand called Blind Skateboards?
2. American Legion (hence the name Legionnaire's Disease)
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2. American Legion ??
“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. Schmidt
4. Elizabeth Tower
1. Zumba
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Answers to Monday, March 27, 2023
1. If my workout routine was invented in the ’90s by a Colombian choreographer named Beto Pérez, what kind of workout am I doing?
Zumba
2. Two hundred people were hospitalized with a strange bacterial pneumonia in July of 1976. All of them had contracted it while attending a convention for what veterans association?
American Legion
(Legionnaires’ Disease)
3. While he briefly appeared on “Veronica Mars” and “Ugly Betty,” actor Max Greenfield is best known for playing which character on “New Girl”?
Schmidt
4. “Big Ben” is the nickname of the bell inside the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament. What has the tower itself been called since 2012?
Elizabeth Tower
(the name was adopted for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee)
5. What skateboarding and street wear brand had a falling out in 1989 with its premier sponsored skateboarder, Mark Gonzales, leading him to launch his own brand called Blind Skateboards?
Vision
Questions for
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The largest citrus fruit in the world has the scientific name Citrus maxima. It is related to the grapefruit, grows in Southeast Asia, and comes in white and pink varieties. Name that fruit.
2. He was the mayor of Cincinnati for two years in the 1970s. When his political career stalled, he turned to journalism, working as a news anchor for years before starting a talk show so popular, it was the first to overtake Oprah in the ratings. Who is he?
3. The 1967 World's Fair celebrated the Canadian centennial. It was hosted by what city?
4. Dutch actor and fashion model Famke Janssen first gained fame as Bond villain Xenia Onatopp before playing what telekinetic character in the “X-Men” films?
5. Bendini, Lambert & Locke is the titular practice in what 1991 John Grisham novel?
2. Jerry! Jerry! Jerry Springer
5. The Firm
“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 Phoenix
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
4. Jean Grey
3. Montreal
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1) Pomelo
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Answers to Tuesday, March 28, 2023
1. The largest citrus fruit in the world has the scientific name Citrus maxima. It is related to the grapefruit, grows in Southeast Asia, and comes in white and pink varieties. Name that fruit.
Pomelo
(or shaddock, as it’s also known)
2. He was the mayor of Cincinnati for two years in the 1970s. When his political career stalled, he turned to journalism, working as a news anchor for years before starting a talk show so popular, it was the first to overtake Oprah in the ratings. Who is he?
Jerry Springer
3. The 1967 World's Fair celebrated the Canadian centennial. It was hosted by what city, as baseball fans may know?
Montreal
(that’s why they called their now-defunct baseball team the “Expos”)
4. Dutch actor and fashion model Famke Janssen first gained fame as Bond villain Xenia Onatopp before playing what telekinetic character in the “X-Men” films?
Jean Grey/Phoenix
5. Bendini, Lambert & Locke is the titular practice in what 1991 John Grisham novel?
“The Firm”
Questions for
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. George Washington Carver graduated from high school in Minneapolis—but not Minneapolis, Minnesota. Which state has a town of 2,000 people that is also called “Minneapolis”?
2. A French folk song, a poem by Victor Hugo, and compositions by Beethoven and Claude Debussy all have titles that include the same phrase, which means “moonlight” in English. What is it?
3. What “Designing Women” actor voiced Bo Peep in the “Toy Story” movies and played Janine the receptionist in the original “Ghostbusters” films?
4. In what 1951 novel does the protagonist wander around New York City, complaining about all the “phonies” that he meets?
5. There are five types of spaces on an original Pictionary board: “P” for “Person/Place/Animal; “O” for “Object”; “A” for “Action”; “D” for “Difficult”; and “AP,” which in this instance stands for… what?
3. Annie Potts
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1 - Minneapolis, KS is the only other Minneapolis I can think of.
4 . The Catcher In The Rye
“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. Clair de lune.
5. All Play
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
Answers to Wednesday, March 29, 2023
1. George Washington Carver graduated from high school in Minneapolis—but not Minneapolis, Minnesota. Which state has a town of 2,000 people that is also called “Minneapolis”?
Kansas
2. A French folk song, a poem by Victor Hugo, and compositions by Beethoven and Claude Debussy all have titles that include the same phrase, which means “moonlight” in English. What is it?
“Clair de Lune”
3. What “Designing Women” actor voiced Bo Peep in the “Toy Story” movies and played Janine the receptionist in the original “Ghostbusters” films?
Annie Potts
4. In what 1951 novel does the protagonist wander around New York City, complaining about all the “phonies” that he meets?
“The Catcher in the Rye”
5. There are five types of spaces on an original Pictionary board: “P” for “Person/Place/Animal”; “O” for “Object”; “A” for “Action”; “D” for “Difficult”; and “AP,” which in this instance stands for… what?
“All Play”
Questions for
Theme Thursday, March 30, 2023
I Wanna (Hold You): Sometimes song titles contain parentheses. This round, I’ll give you the part of a song title that appears in parentheses. You give me the part of the title that doesn’t. Your answer might come before the parenthetical, or it might come after it—or, in one case, both! For example: If the question is, “(Put a Ring On It),” you would answer, “Single Ladies,” because the song’s full title is “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).”
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. (I Can’t Get No)
2. (That Thing)
3. (Bangerz)
4. (Who Loves Me)
5. This one’s a two-fer: (You Gotta) and (To Party!)