1. French, German, Flemmish?, English
4. George Washington Carver
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
3. Beanie Babies
5. France
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. French, German, Flemmish?, English
4. George Washington Carver
Italian, Romansh.
Complete dumb luck that I watched a video about Switzerland a couple weeks ago while going down a YouTube hole. ?
Answers to Friday, May 5, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Switzerland has four official languages. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
German, French, Italian, Romansh
2. The NBA added a rule in 1959 that required a player shooting a free throw to keep both feet behind the line throughout the attempt. This was in response to what player’s ability to dunk the ball from the free-throw line?
Wilt Chamberlain
3. What toy, produced by Ty Inc., was given away in the most successful Happy Meal promotion in McDonald’s history?
Beanie Babies (specifically, Teenie Beanies)
4. What famed American inventor discovered more than 300 uses for the peanut, but—contrary to popular belief—did not invent peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
5. Today is May 5, also known as Cinco de Mayo. This holiday commemorates the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory in the Battle of Puebla over armed forces from what European country?
France
Questions for
Monday, May 8, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. There is a federal facility, located in Atlanta, Georgia, known by the acronym “DLO.” It's also the title of an R.E.M. album. What does DLO stand for?
2. The 2007 movie “There Will Be Blood” was based on a novel with a three-letter title. Name that novel.
3. If you combine oil, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, paprika, and a pinch of salt and pepper, what allegedly regional foodstuff have you just made?
4. In Esperanto, plural words don’t end in “s.” Instead they end in what other consonant—worth eight points in Scrabble?
5. Del Close is a legendary improv actor and instructor who passed away in 1999. What did he bequeath to Chicago’s Goodman Theatre upon his death, under the condition that he receive credit as “Yorick” in future productions?
1. Dead Letter Office
1. Dead Letter Office
“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. His skull
2. "Oil"
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. French dressing?
4. J
Answers to Monday, May 8, 2023
1. There is a federal facility, located in Atlanta, Georgia, known by the acronym “DLO.” It's also the title of an R.E.M. album. What does DLO stand for?
Dead Letter Office
2. The 2007 movie “There Will Be Blood” was based on a novel with a three-letter title. Name that novel.
“Oil!”
3. If you combine oil, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, paprika, and a pinch of salt and pepper, what allegedly regional foodstuff have you just made?
French dressing
4. In Esperanto, plural words don’t end in “s.” Instead they end in what other consonant—worth eight points in Scrabble?
J
5. Del Close is a legendary improv actor and instructor who passed away in 1999. What did he bequeath to Chicago’s Goodman Theatre upon his death, under the condition that he receive credit as “Yorick” in future productions?
His own skull
Questions for
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Several types of hot peppers are named after what class of animal—likely due to the fact that their tongues have no capsaicin receptors, making them one of the only creatures other than humans that will eat them?
2. A perfect game in baseball means every batter gets out, with no walks or hits. A perfect game could contain an immaculate inning. What defines an “immaculate inning”?
3. What video game company got its name from a Japanese verb that roughly means “to hit the target”?
4. Wernham Hogg was the fictional company in the original British version of what sitcom, whose American remake lasted nine seasons?
5. The Stone of Scone is an oblong block of sandstone that has long been used in Britain’s coronation rituals, like the one this weekend. It comes from the town of Old Scone, which was the capital of what kingdom during the Middle Ages?
4. The Office
2. 9 pitches
3) Atari
Keep your stick on the ice...
Is there a term for a pitcher getting three outs on three pitches?
1. Several types of hot peppers are named after what class of animal—likely due to the fact that their tongues have no capsaicin receptors, making them one of the only creatures other than humans that will eat them?
Looked up this one, so I won't answer. Though my cat may eat a hot pepper. He'll eat some of the weirdest things, especially if I eat it.
Keep your stick on the ice...
1: I assume birds? I know birds don't have those receptors and eat peppers. As I recall, it's thought that capsaicin evolved in peppers as a way to stop mammals and maybe reptiles from eating them, as mammalian digestive systems (and I think reptilian) can kill the seeds, while avian digestion doesn't.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
@steve-mn I think it’s birds too. I often buy suet and there are certain ones that contain capsaicin to keep the squirrels away but doesn’t bother the birds.
THAT'S what I need to find for suet blocks. Already use safflower seed to keep the squirrels away from the feeders, but was having problems for the suet.@steve-mn I think it’s birds too. I often buy suet and there are certain ones that contain capsaicin to keep the squirrels away but doesn’t bother the birds.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
5) The Kingdom of Scotland.
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 Tuesday, May 9, 2023
1. Several types of hot peppers are named after what class of animal—likely due to the fact that their tongues have no capsaicin receptors, making them one of the only creatures other than humans that will eat them?
Birds
2. A perfect game in baseball means every batter gets out, with no walks or hits. A perfect game could contain an immaculate inning. What defines an “immaculate inning”?
Three strikeouts on nine pitches
3. What video game company got its name from a Japanese verb that means “to hit the target”?
Atari
4. Wernham Hogg was the fictional company in the original British version of what sitcom, whose American remake lasted nine seasons?
“The Office”
5. The Stone of Scone is an oblong block of sandstone that has long been used in Britain’s coronation rituals, like the one this weekend. It comes from the town of Old Scone, which was the capital of what kingdom during the Middle Ages?
Scotland
Questions for
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What aptly named sea is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
2. The phrase “Oh, the humanity” was first spoken by radio announcer Herbert Morrison in 1937. What was he describing at the time?
3. What line of dolls was created by Barbie designer Carter Bryant in 2000 while he was working for Mattel, leading to a decade-long legal battle?
4. What three words—found on certain hygiene products—are often used in computer science classes as an example of how poorly written instructions can result in an endless feedback loop?
5. Today is May 10. On this day in 1893, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the case Nix v. Hedden, which determined for the purposes of trade whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. What did the court decide?
2. The Hindenburg explosion
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. Wash. Rinse. Repeat....
5. Veggie (50/50 chance here! ? )
“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. Bratz
1. Coral Sea
Answers to Wednesday, May 10, 2023
1. What aptly named sea is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Coral Sea
2. The phrase “Oh, the humanity” was first spoken by radio announcer Herbert Morrison in 1937. What was he describing at the time?
The Hindenburg disaster
3. What line of dolls was created by Barbie designer Carter Bryant in 2000 while he was working for Mattel, leading to a decade-long legal battle?
Bratz
4. What three words—-found on certain hygiene products—-are often used in computer science classes as an example of how poorly written instructions can result in an endless feedback loop?
“Lather, rinse, repeat” (or “wash, rinse, repeat”)
5. Today is May 10. On this day in 1893, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the case Nix v. Hedden, which determined for the purposes of trade whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. What did the court decide?
Vegetable
Questions for
Theme Thursday, May 11, 2023
Tick Season: Check your ankles and hairline: here are five questions about ticks!
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. How many legs does an adult deer tick have?
2. What baritone-voiced actor, who first rose to fame as David Puddy on “Seinfeld,” portrayed the Tick on the live-action TV series of the same name in 2001?
3. “I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers / And I'd like to check you for ticks.” That’s the chorus of “Ticks,” one of the 10 straight No. 1 hits released in the 2000s by what country music superstar?
4. In the 2007 movie “Juno,” Paulie Bleeker—played by Michael Cera—loves what color Tic Tacs?
5. “Tick, Tick… Boom!” is an autobiographical musical written in 1990 by playwright and composer Jonathan Larson, who would later win three posthumous Tony Awards for what subsequent work?
1. Eight
3. Brad Paisley
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. Brad Paisley
2) I don't remember his name but...this is classic!
“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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I think his name is Patrick Warbutron or something like that.
Regarding #3 that might the lamest lyric of all time and I'm glad I've never heard that song before. ?
5. Rent
I think his name is Patrick Warburton or something like that.
It is indeed. Obviously with a voice like that he gets a lot of voice work for animated productions. Kronk in The Emperor’s New Groove is probably my favorite.
He's phenomenal in introducing the Soarin' ride at Disneyworld. Oscar-worthy performance.
Joking aside, if you look at his Wikipedia page, the list of stuff he's been in is amazing.
Saw this on the Tweeter Machine:
Congrats to Utqiaġvik, AK. Today they begin their 83-day period with no sunset. The sun rose at 2:33 a.m. and will not set until until August 3rd. They still have snow on the ground (typical for the date) and their high temperature today was 27F (1F above normal).
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, May 11, 2023
Tick Season: Check your ankles and hairline: here are five questions about ticks!
1. How many legs does an adult deer tick have?
Eight
(They’re arachnids)
2. What baritone-voiced actor, who first rose to fame as David Puddy on “Seinfeld,” portrayed the Tick on the live-action TV series of the same name in 2001?
Patrick Warburton
3. “I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers / And I'd like to check you for ticks.” That’s the chorus of “Ticks,” one of the 10 straight No. 1 hits released in the 2000s by what country music superstar?
Brad Paisley
4. In the 2007 movie “Juno,” Paulie Bleeker—played by Michael Cera—loves what color Tic Tacs?
Orange
5. “Tick, Tick… Boom!” is an autobiographical musical written in 1990 by playwright and composer Jonathan Larson, who would later win three posthumous Tony Awards for what subsequent work?
“Rent”
Questions for
Friday, May 12, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: If you write out the names of all the U.S. national parks, you’ll find the word “canyon” repeated more times than any other word besides “national” and “park.” Name as many of the parks in which “canyon” appears as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
2. There is just one parasitic mammal in the world. What is it?
3. Forest Whitaker, Sonny Chiba, and Tom Cruise have all played what type of warrior on screen?
4. What fertilizer salesman bought an Indiana corn seed plant in 1951, where he developed thousands of hybrid seeds, including one that he dubbed “RedBow”?
5. Today is May 12. The current prime minister of the U.K. turns 43 today. Who is he?
3. Samurai?
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2. Vampire bat
4. Redenbacher
1. Grand Canyon Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands...
“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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@greyeagle I looked it up and there are 5 total. You have named three of them. 2 left.
5. Rishi Sunak
Heard a good one on a sports trivia podcast:
Of all of the state capitals that have a Power 5 university, which one is the LEAST populous?
(East Lansing is not it)