1. Satisfaction
1. Satisfaction
5. Fight For Your Right
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2) Lauren Hill Doo Wop (That Thing)
3) Miley Cyrus SMS (Bangerz)
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
4. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Answers to 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).”
1. (I Can’t Get No)
“Satisfaction” (The Rolling Stones)
2. (That Thing)
“Doo Wop” (Lauryn Hill)
3. (Bangerz)
“SMS” (Miley Cyrus)
4. (Who Loves Me)
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody” (Whitney Houston)
5. This one’s a two-fer: (You Gotta) and (To Party!)
“Fight for Your Right” (Beastie Boys)
Questions for
Friday, March 31, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Throughout English history, there are six first names that have been used by monarchs three or more times. Name as many as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. The Hope Diamond is supposedly very cursed. Since 1958, it has been publicly displayed at the National Museum of Natural History, which is located in what U.S. city?
3. When measured by flow rate, Niagara Falls is the largest waterfall in North America. It is found on what river, which forms part of the boundary between Ontario and New York?
4. If you take Zorro’s mask, hat, and cape, and add a striped shirt, an oversized red tie, and red tennis shoes, you’ve got yourself a Halloween costume of what fictional character?
5. Today is March 31. Happy 75th birthday to what actor, whose early roles included a bit role in the short film “Hot Dogs for Gauguin” alongside her future husband Danny DeVito, and who won four Emmys for her role as Carla Tortelli on “Cheers”?
2. Washington DC
2. Washington DC
5. Rea Pearlman
“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. George, Henry, Charles, Edward, William, ???
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
“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: Niagara River
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
?1. George, Henry, Charles, Edward, William, ???
Richard ??
Only because I remember reading struggling though Richard III in college. ? ?
“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. McD Hamburglar?
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
4: Hamburgler
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
“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 Friday, March 31, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Throughout English history, there are six first names that have been used by monarchs three or more times. Name as many as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
Charles, Edward, George, Henry, Richard, William
2. The Hope Diamond is supposedly very cursed. Since 1958, it has been publicly displayed at the National Museum of Natural History, which is located in what U.S. city?
Washington, D.C.
(it’s part of the Smithsonian)
3. When measured by flow rate, Niagara Falls is the largest waterfall in North America. It is found on what river, which forms part of the boundary between Ontario and New York?
The Niagara River
4. If you take Zorro’s mask, hat, and cape, and add a striped shirt, an oversized red tie, and red tennis shoes, you’ve got yourself a Halloween costume of what fictional character?
Hamburglar
5. Today is March 31. Happy 75th birthday to what actor, whose early roles included a bit role in the short film “Hot Dogs for Gauguin” alongside her future husband Danny DeVito, and who won four Emmys for her role as Carla Tortelli on “Cheers”?
Rhea Perlman
Questions for
Monday, April 3, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The word “Nacho” is the diminutive form of what longer male name, common in Spanish-speaking countries?
2. In what 1995 song, named for something you might find in a corner of your house, does Gwen Stefani tell us that “no matter who calls,” she “screens her phone calls”?
3. The “Corpse Reviver” and the “Corpse Reviver No. 2” were listed in “The Savoy Cocktail Handbook” in 1930 and were first created for what purpose?
4. What knitted garment—modeled after the wool waistcoat worn by British officers—is named after a British Army major general who led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War?
5. The fifth U.S. president is one of only two presidents to have a world capital named after him. Who is he?
5. James Monroe
“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: Ignacio
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
2. Spiderwebs
3. Hangover cure
1: Ignacio
Now I'm hungry for Nacho's in Hopkins. I guess I have to wait until Thu for that pre-game meal. 😉
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 Monday, April 3, 2023
1. The word “Nacho” is the diminutive form of what longer male name, common in Spanish-speaking countries?
Ignacio
2. In what 1995 song, named for something you might find in a corner of your house, does Gwen Stefani tell us that “no matter who calls,” she “screens her phone calls”?
“Spiderwebs”
3. The “Corpse Reviver” and the “Corpse Reviver No. 2” were listed in “The Savoy Cocktail Handbook” in 1930 and were first created for what purpose?
Hangover cures
4. What knitted garment—modeled after the wool waistcoat worn by British officers—is named after a British Army major general who led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War?
Cardigan
5. The fifth U.S. president is one of only two presidents to have a world capital named after him. Who is he?
James Monroe
(Monrovia, Liberia)
Questions for
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Mímir was a mythical prophet whose decapitated head was carried around by what god, who used it as an oracle at Asgard?
2. The first professional indoor baseball game was played in 1965. In which U.S. state did that game take place?
3. The game of “Tetris” has remained largely unchanged since its debut in 1984. How many different shapes are there in “Tetris”?
4. “SCOBY” is an acronym that means “symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.” When you combine a SCOBY with black or green tea, you’ve made what beverage?
5. The Commodores were a funk and soul band whose lead singer left the group in 1982 to pursue a solo career. He co-wrote “We Are the World.” Who is he?
3-Six
5- Lionel Richie
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
2. Texas
5. Lionel Richie
“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. Odin
5. Lionel Ritchie
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. Kombucha, no?
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Yep, 2 "Ls," 2 "Zs", square, straight line, and "T"
Bought a Nintendo Mini recently, and let's just say that Tetris is video game crack.
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 Tuesday, April 4, 2023
1. Mímir was a mythical prophet whose decapitated head was carried around by what god, who used it as an oracle at Asgard?
Odin
2. The first professional indoor baseball game was played in 1965. In which U.S. state did that game take place?
Texas
(in the Astrodome, on Astroturf)
3. The game of “Tetris” has remained largely unchanged since its debut in 1984. How many different shapes are there in “Tetris”?
7
4. “SCOBY” is an acronym that means “symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.” When you combine a SCOBY with black or green tea, you’ve made what beverage?
Kombucha
5. The Commodores were a funk and soul band whose lead singer left the group in 1982 to pursue a solo career. He co-wrote “We Are the World.” Who is he?
Lionel Richie
Questions for
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Passover starts tonight. If you’re hosting a seder, you’ll probably leave a seat open at your table in case what prophet wants to stop by?
2. Standing 2,722 feet tall, the Burj Khalifa is currently the world’s tallest building. It’s located in what country?
3. Cabbage Patch Kids were a big deal in the ’80s. In 1985, the Topps trading card company released a line of cards parodying them. What were they called?
4. Some people believe the number “13” is unlucky because that’s how many people are purported to have attended what event on or around April 1, 33 CE?
5. The Grasshopper, the Golden Cadillac, and the Pink Squirrel all share two ingredients in common. One is cream. The other is what liqueur?
1. Bob Motzko ? ?
2. United Arab Emirates
“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. Garbage Pail Kids
4. The last supper
1. Elijah
“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. I think it's Amaretto
5. I think it's Amaretto
Nope, it’s Crème de Cacao. Clear.
Then it’s Crème de Menthe for a Grasshopper. Galliano for a Golden Cadillac and Creme de Noyaux (almond) for a Pink Squirrel.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
4. Some people believe the number “13” is unlucky because that’s how many people are purported to have attended what event on or around April 1, 33 CE?
The Last Supper was on April Fools' Day? ?
Answers to Wednesday, April 5, 2023
1. Passover starts tonight. If you’re hosting a seder, you’ll probably leave a seat open at your table in case what prophet wants to stop by?
Elijah
2. Standing 2,722 feet tall, the Burj Khalifa is currently the world’s tallest building. It’s located in what country?
United Arab Emirates
3. Cabbage Patch Kids were a big deal in the ’80s. In 1985, the Topps trading card company released a line of cards parodying them. What were they called?
Garbage Pail Kids
4. Some people believe the number “13” is unlucky because that’s how many people are purported to have attended what event on or around April
1, 33 CE?
The Last Supper
5. The Grasshopper, the Golden Cadillac, and the Pink Squirrel all share two ingredients in common. One is cream. The other is what liqueur?
Creme de Cacao
Questions for
Theme Thursday, April 6, 2023
I’m Not a Lawyer, but I Play One on TV: Five questions about fictional TV lawyers!
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. When Meghan Markle told Oprah, “In my old job, there was a union,” she was referring to her seven years on what USA Network legal drama?
2. During her Senate confirmation hearing, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she was a big fan of what fictional defense attorney, because two minutes prior to the end of every episode he managed to get the real murderer to stand up in court and confess?
3. What TV lawyer graduated from the University of American Samoa (go Land Crabs!), defended some of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s most notorious drug dealers, and later went on to manage a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska?
4. What military legal drama—which debuted on NBC in 1995 and then ran on CBS from 1997 to 2005—was originally pitched as “Top Gun” meets “A Few Good Men”?
5. The murders of Lila Stangard and Sam Keating set off the events of the first season of what ABC legal thriller, whose protagonist is both a defense attorney and a law professor?
4. JAG
“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. Suits
2. Perry Mason
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. Saul Goodman
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.
5. How to get Away with Murder
Questions about TV shows related TV lawyers and this glaring omission? ? ?
? ?
“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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