No disrespect, but IMO, there is only ONE Trans Am worth owning.
I mean if you’re buying…. 😉
I’d love to get an old one and restore it if I had lots of time and money.
4. Fox Mulder
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Answers to Thursday, July 13, 2023
Fox News: Five trivia questions about foxes.
1. What comedy legend starred alongside Demond Wilson in the TV show “Sanford and Son”?
Redd Foxx
2. The Norwegian musical comedy duo Ylvis is best known for posing what vulpine quandary in the most viral video of 2013?
“What does the fox say?”
3. What Sunday comic strip, by artist Bill Amend, shares its name with an element from the NATO phonetic alphabet?
“FoxTrot”
4. If you believe “the truth is out there,” you'd get along with what fictional character, who appeared on the Fox network from 1993 to 2002?
Fox Mulder
5. A DC Comics character, one of Santa’s reindeer, and an all-female glam metal band from the ’80s all share what fox-related name?
Vixen
Questions for
Friday, July 14, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Amy Adams has been nominated for the “Best Actress” or “Best Supporting Actress” Oscar six times since 2006. Name as many of the movies for which she has been nominated for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
2. What mountain range serves as a natural border between Spain and France?
3. What tennis player beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes,” and formed the Women’s Tennis Association that same year?
4. What is the bestselling book of all time that was originally written in Portuguese?
5. Today is July 14. On this day in 1968, what MLB Hall of Famer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient hit his 500th career home run?
2. The Pyrenees
4. The Alchemist?
3.Billy Jean King
5. Hank Aaron
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1) Junebug, American Hustle, Doubt, Vice, The Fighter
I’m missing one! And how was she NOT nominated for Arrival?
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
1. The Master maybe? Never saw it but it’s on the list because people seemed to enjoy it.
1. The Master maybe? Never saw it but it’s on the list because people seemed to enjoy it.
Thats the one! I loved Junebug and American Hustle. Loved Arrival. The rest? Meh. I hated Doubt.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Whaaaa? Maybe I'm biased b/c I went to an old school Roman Catholic school K-8, but I thought that movie was excellent. That was a Streep movie, with Hoffman and Adams supporting. For someone of Hoffman's level, that's saying something.1. The Master maybe? Never saw it but it’s on the list because people seemed to enjoy it.
Thats the one! I loved Junebug and American Hustle. Loved Arrival. The rest? Meh. I hated Doubt.
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.
Whaaaa? Maybe I'm biased b/c I went to an old school Roman Catholic school K-8, but I thought that movie was excellent. That was a Streep movie, with Hoffman and Adams supporting. For someone of Hoffman's level, that's saying something.1. The Master maybe? Never saw it but it’s on the list because people seemed to enjoy it.
Thats the one! I loved Junebug and American Hustle. Loved Arrival. The rest? Meh. I hated Doubt.
It wasn’t the acting, it was the subject matter. I found it depressing and upsetting.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
That was the point of the movie. Plus, it let the viewer decide what they believed was the truth.
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.
The last day of this year will be (minus the hyphens/separations/etc) 123123. 
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.
“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, July 14, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Amy Adams has been nominated for the “Best Actress” or “Best Supporting Actress” Oscar six times since 2006. Name as many of the movies for which she has been nominated for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
“Junebug,” “Doubt,” “The Fighter,” “The Master,” “American Hustle,” “Vice”
2. What mountain range serves as a natural border between Spain and France?
The Pyrenees
3. What tennis player beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes,” and formed the Women’s Tennis Association that same year?
Billie Jean King
4. What is the bestselling book of all time that was originally written in Portuguese?
“The Alchemist”
(by Paulo Coelho)
5. Today is July 14. On this day in 1968, what MLB Hall of Famer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient hit his 500th career home run?
Hank Aaron
Questions for
Monday, July 17, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What TV series featured a fictitious beer called “Alamo”—which was usually consumed while standing around in a back alley?
2. The “February Revolution” and the “October Revolution” both took place in 1917. They led to civil war, and the overthrow of the monarchy, in what country?
3. Gerald Holtom created a design in the 1950s that combined the semaphore codes for “N” and “D,” standing for “nuclear disarmament.” What is this symbol known as today?
4. What nickname did the Maluku Islands pick up in the 16th century when nutmeg, mace, and clove were first encountered by European colonists there?
5. Huey Long was a prominent politician in the early part of the 20th century, until he was assassinated in 1935. He implemented policies under the name “Share Our Wealth” as a response to the Great Depression. In which state did he serve as governor and senator?
3. The peace sign
4. The Spice Islands
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
1. King of the Hill
5. Louisiana
“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. Russia
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Answers to Monday, July 17, 2023
1. What TV series featured a fictitious beer called “Alamo”—which was usually consumed while standing around in a back alley?
“King of the Hill”
2. The “February Revolution” and the “October Revolution” both took place in 1917. They led to civil war, and the overthrow of the monarchy, in what country?
Russia
3. Gerald Holtom created a design in the 1950s that combined the semaphore codes for “N” and “D,” standing for “nuclear disarmament.” What is this symbol known as today?
Peace sign (☮)
4. What nickname did the Maluku Islands pick up in the 16th century when nutmeg, mace, and clove were first encountered by European colonists there?
The Spice Islands
5. Huey Long was a prominent politician in the early part of the 20th century, until he was assassinated in 1935. He implemented policies under the name “Share Our Wealth” as a response to the Great Depression. In which state did he serve as governor and senator?
Louisiana
Questions for
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Steve McQueen famously did almost all of his own motorcycle stunts in what 1963 World War II movie?
2. The first states to get commemorative quarters were the original 13 colonies. The 14th state to get one has maple trees pictured on its reverse side. Name that state.
3. What Asian city, celebrated for its Grand Palace and the Buddhist Temple of Wat Phra Kaew, boasted the highest number of international visitors of any city in 2017?
4. Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash held an impromptu jam in 1956. This session and its recordings are known as the “BLANK Quartet.” What very valuable two-word phrase fills that blank?
5. Originally created by Ann M. Martin, what young adult novel series was made into a TV show in 1990, a movie in 1995, a graphic novel series in 2006, and a Netflix reboot TV series in 2020?
1: The Great Escape
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
4. Million Dollar
4. Million dollar
2. Vermont
2. Vermont
“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. Bangkok
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. The Baby Sitter's Club
Answers to Tuesday, July 18, 2023
1. Steve McQueen famously did almost all of his own motorcycle stunts in what 1963 World War II movie?
“The Great Escape”
2. The first states to get commemorative quarters were the original 13 colonies. The 14th state to get one has maple trees pictured on its reverse side. Name that state.
Vermont
3. What Asian city, celebrated for its Grand Palace and the Buddhist Temple of Wat Phra Kaew, boasted the highest number of international visitors of any city in 2017?
Bangkok (Thailand)
4. Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash held an impromptu jam in 1956. This session and its recordings are known as the “BLANK Quartet.” What very valuable two-word phrase fills that blank?
“Million Dollar”
5. Originally created by Ann M. Martin, what young adult novel series was made into a TV show in 1990, a movie in 1995, a graphic novel series in 2006, and a Netflix reboot TV series in 2020?
“The Baby-Sitter’s Club”
Questions for
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. In the 1830s, abolitionists in New England cultivated America’s first crops of what root vegetable, as an alternative to sugar cane harvested by slave labor?
2. What author was inspired to write “Around the World in 80 Days” after flipping through a newspaper in a Paris café, where he spotted a newspaper advertisement for a transglobal vacation?
3. What 2004 teen movie starring Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried is based on a self-help book titled “Queen Bees and Wannabes”?
4. What Greek mythological creature—used in genetics to describe any single organism containing cells from two different zygotes—makes an appearance in Homer’s “Iliad,” in which he is killed by Bellerophon?
5. What inventor of a type of high-voltage transformer appears on the 100 dinar note in Serbia?
1. Sugar Beets ??
2. Jules Verne
“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. Mean Girls
4. Chimera
5. Nikola Tesla
Answers to Wednesday, July 19, 2023
1. In the 1830s, abolitionists in New England cultivated America’s first crops of what root vegetable, as an alternative to sugar cane harvested by slave labor?
Sugar beets
2. What author was inspired to write “Around the World in 80 Days” after flipping through a newspaper in a Paris café, where he spotted a newspaper advertisement for a transglobal vacation?
Jules Verne
3. What 2004 teen movie starring Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried is based on a self-help book titled “Queen Bees and Wannabes”?
“Mean Girls”
4. What Greek mythological creature—used in genetics to describe any single organism containing cells from two different zygotes—makes an appearance in Homer’s “Iliad,” in which he is killed by Bellerophon?
Chimera
5. What inventor of a type of high-voltage transformer appears on the 100 dinar note in Serbia?
Nikola Tesla
Questions for
Theme Thursday, July 20, 2023
Crossing Over: Questions about people and characters crossing over into unfamiliar territory.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. “Melee,” “Brawl,” and “Ultimate” are among the installments in what video game crossover franchise, in which Mario can do battle with Pac-Man, Princess Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many others?
2. A 1994 “Archie” comic found the wholesome teens of Riverdale teaming up with gun-toting Marvel vigilante Frank Castle, better known by what superhero identity?
3. A 2009 Disney Channel movie mashed up three of the network’s top tween shows, with the cast of “Wizards of Waverly Place” joining the cast of “The Suite Life on Deck” for a Hawaiian cruise to see a concert by what fictional pop star?
4. Considered a precursor to modern mixed martial arts, a televised 1976 fight saw Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki square off against what 34-year-old heavyweight champ in a 15-round match that ended in a draw?
5. In her 2018 novel “The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter,” Theodora Goss pulls together characters from multiple 19th-century works, including “Dracula,” “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” and what book, subtitled “The Modern Prometheus”?
2. The Punisher
5. Frankenstein
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Super Smash Bros
3. Hannah Montana
0/5 today for me....
“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. Muhammad Ali!
Answers to Thursday, July 20, 2023
Crossing Over: Questions about people and characters crossing over into unfamiliar territory.
1. “Melee,” “Brawl,” and “Ultimate” are among the installments in what video game crossover franchise, in which Mario can do battle with Pac-Man, Princess Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many others?
“Super Smash Bros.”
2. A 1994 “Archie” comic found the wholesome teens of Riverdale teaming up with gun-toting Marvel vigilante Frank Castle, better known by what superhero identity?
The Punisher
3. A 2009 Disney Channel movie mashed up three of the network’s top tween shows, with the cast of “Wizards of Waverly Place” joining the cast of “The Suite Life on Deck” for a Hawaiian cruise to see a concert by what fictional pop star?
Hannah Montana
4. Considered a precursor to modern mixed martial arts, a televised 1976 fight saw Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki square off against what 34-year-old heavyweight champ in a 15-round match that ended in a draw?
Muhammad Ali
5. In her 2018 novel “The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter,” Theodora Goss pulls together characters from multiple 19th-century works, including “Dracula,” “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” and what book, subtitled “The Modern Prometheus”?
“Frankenstein”
Questions for
Friday, July 21, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four U.S. state capitals whose names start with the same letter as their state. Name as many as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. Former presidential candidate John Kerry’s wife Teresa is an heir to a billion-dollar condiment empire. What is her last name?
3. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti died in 2021 at the age of 101. What legendary bookstore—named after a 1931 Charlie Chaplin movie—did he open in San Francisco in 1953?
4. Pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash assembled a group of MCs in 1978, and later rose to fame with the hit song “The Message.” What was that collection of rappers called?
5. Today is July 21. Happy 55th birthday to what retired soccer player and Olympic gold-medalist whose celebratory image at the 1999 Women’s World Cup was described in the New York Times as the “most iconic photograph ever taken of a female athlete”?
1. Dover Delaware, Indianapolis Indiana, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Honolulu Hawaii
2. Heinz
“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. Brandy Chastain
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3) City Lights
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
4. The Furious Five
4. The Furious Five
I misread that question as what was the group that Grandmaster Flash was part of, that rose to fame [in general] which would be The Three Kings (the other two being DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa).
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 Friday, July 21, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four U.S. state capitals whose names start with the same letter as their state. Name as many as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
Dover (Delaware), Honolulu (Hawai’i), Indianapolis (Indiana), Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)
2. Former presidential candidate John Kerry’s wife Teresa is an heir to a billion-dollar condiment empire. What is her last name?
Heinz (or Heinz Kerry)
3. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti died in 2021 at the age of 101. What legendary bookstore—named after a 1931 Charlie Chaplin movie—did he open in San Francisco in 1953?
City Lights
4. Pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash assembled a group of MCs in 1978, and later rose to fame with the hit song “The Message.” What was that collection of rappers called?
The Furious Five
5. Today is July 21. Happy 55th birthday to what retired soccer player and Olympic gold-medalist whose celebratory image at the 1999 Women’s World Cup was described in the New York Times as the “most iconic photograph ever taken of a female athlete”?
Brandi Chastain
Questions for
Monday, July 24, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Astoria, Queens was once home to a company village founded and designed by a German American piano maker. What was his last name?
2. The Women’s World Cup is going strong, with matches through August 20. Which country’s team won the last Cup held in 2019, as well as the one before that held in 2015?
3. The Chicxulub Crater is a 110-mile bowl that resulted from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. In what country is it located?
4. In 1923, the “Hollywood” sign was dedicated. At the time, the sign was four letters longer than it is today. What four-letter word was removed in 1949?
5. Archbishop Desmond Tutu popularized a theology whose name is Bantu for “I am because we are.” It’s also the name of a Linux-based operating system and the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics team slogan. What is that six-letter word?