4. Austria-Hungry ?
“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 Edinburgh
3 Wednesday
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
5. “A Hard Day’s Night”
So he pronounced it, "Pits-bra"?
Pits-burahSo he pronounced it, "Pits-bra"?
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Yeah I just forget the break.
or did I?
Answers to Friday, August 11, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise consists of 11 series (not including international versions). Three of them—”Orange County,” “Potomac,” and “New Jersey”—were set in title locations that aren’t cities. “The Real Housewives of Dubai” takes place outside of the U.S. Name as many of the other seven U.S. cities as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Dallas, Miami, New York City, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C.
2. Pittsburgh was named by John Forbes, a Scottish general who likely pronounced the name similar to the pronunciation of the second-largest city in Scotland. What city is that?
Edinburgh
3. In Western churches, the six-week observance known as Lent begins every year on which day of the week?
Wednesday
(Ash Wednesday)
4. The 1920 Treaty of Trianon resulted in Romania, Austria, the Czechoslovak Republic, and Yugoslavia all gaining land from which other European country?
Hungary
5. Today is August 11. On this day in 1964, the Beatles' first feature film, directed by Richard Lester, had its U.S. premiere in New York City during the height of Beatlemania. Name that movie.
“A Hard Day's Night”
Questions for
Monday, August 14, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What breed of dog is named for an 11th-century monk who established a hospice 8,000 feet above sea level in one of the most dangerous passes of the Swiss Alps?
2. Within the first 100 days of his presidency, John F. Kennedy ordered a failed military invasion at Playa Girón in Cuba. What was it called?
3. The top-rated network premiere episode of 2013 was a spin-off of the most successful movie franchise of all time. Name that show, which stars Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen.
4. The 1981 album “For Those About to Rock” features a Napoleonic cannon on its cover. Its title song also features the sound of cannons. What band recorded that song-slash-album?
5. What is the green capital of the fictional Land of Oz?
2. Bay of Pigs - Not to be confused with 70s-80s Tampa Bay-Green Bay games
4. AC/DC
“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. St. Bernard
2. Bay of Pigs
EDIT: seeing as how GE beat me to the answer for #2, I'll answer #5 as well....
5. Emerald City
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3: Agents of SHIELD
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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1. Great Pyrenees
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
Answers to Monday, August 14, 2023
1. What breed of dog is named for an 11th-century monk who established a hospice 8,000 feet above sea level in one of the most dangerous passes of the Swiss Alps?
Saint Bernard
2. Within the first 100 days of his presidency, John F. Kennedy ordered a failed military invasion at Playa Girón in Cuba. What was it called?
Bay of Pigs
3. The top-rated network premiere episode of 2013 was a spin-off of the most successful movie franchise of all time. Name that show, which stars Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen.
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
4. The 1981 album “For Those About to Rock” features a Napoleonic cannon on its cover. Its title song also features the sound of cannons. What band recorded that song-slash-album?
AC/DC
5. What is the green capital of the fictional Land of Oz?
The Emerald City
Questions for
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. In Los Angeles in 2019, a former cop named Rick Deckard is hired to track down and “retire” four rogue biorobotic androids. Name that 1982 movie.
2. Which side of World War I did Japan fight on: the Allies, or the Central Powers?
3. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally form what dream-pop duo, whose name sounds like a pleasant place to take a vacation?
4. The producer of the radio program “The War of the Worlds” and the author of the book “The War of the Worlds” share what last name?
5. In the 17th century, the Catholic Church considered what rodent to be a fish, and was therefore okay to eat during Lent?
4. Wells
“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. Blade Runner
2. Allies
2. Allies
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. Beach House
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, August 15, 2023
1. In Los Angeles in 2019, a former cop named Rick Deckard is hired to track down and “retire” four rogue biorobotic androids. Name that 1982 movie.
“Blade Runner”
2. Which side of World War I did Japan fight on: the Allies, or the Central Powers?
The Allies
3. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally form what dream-pop duo, whose name sounds like a pleasant place to take a vacation?
Beach House
4. The producer of the radio program “The War of the Worlds” and the author of the book “The War of the Worlds” share what last name?
Welles/Wells
(Orson Welles, H.G. Wells)
5. In the 17th century, the Catholic Church considered what rodent to be a fish, and was therefore okay to eat during Lent?
Beaver (also acceptable: capybara, muskrat)
Questions for
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What city is the home of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League?
2. What religion—founded in Iran in the mid-1800s under the belief in the oneness of all religions—uses a calendar of 19 months, each with 19 days, and urges its followers to give 19 percent of their earnings to their place of worship?
3. What “Simpsons” character said, “I suppose I should go to the dentist, but I’ve got enough pain in my life”?
4. In 1969, psychologist and writer Timothy Leary announced his candidacy for governor of California against incumbent Ronald Reagan. What Beatles song was penned as the theme song for Leary’s campaign?
5. In March 1961, President Kennedy signed an executive order establishing a new program to “promote world peace and friendship.” What was it called?
5. The Peace Corps
“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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- Charlotte, NC
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. “Come Together”
2 Baha'i
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
2 Baha'i
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
3. Bleeding Gums Murphy
Answers to Wednesday, August 16, 2023
1. What city is the home of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League?
Charlotte, North Carolina
2. What religion—founded in Iran in the mid-1800s under the belief in the oneness of all religions—uses a calendar of 19 months, each with 19 days, and urges its followers to give 19 percent of their earnings to their place of worship?
Bahá'í
3. What “Simpsons” character said, “I suppose I should go to the dentist, but I’ve got enough pain in my life”?
Bleeding Gums Murphy
4. In 1969, psychologist and writer Timothy Leary announced his candidacy for governor of California against incumbent Ronald Reagan. What Beatles song was penned as the theme song for Leary’s campaign?
“Come Together”
5. In March 1961, President Kennedy signed an executive order establishing a new program to “promote world peace and friendship.” What was it called?
The Peace Corps
Questions for
Theme Thursday, August 17, 2023
Not a Round About Baseball: The Little League World Series starts this week! This round is not about baseball.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. On March 12, 1947, a boy named Willard was born in Detroit, Michigan. What was his middle name?
2. Dallas Page is a Hall of Fame WWE wrestler who spent two decades in the ring under what pseudonym?
3. If you’re from the order Chiroptera, what are you?
4. What is the last name of the hunting and fishing enthusiast who invented the Maine Hunting Shoe in 1912?
5. What six-letter word can follow “air,” “hunger,” and “gold”?
2. Diamond Dallas Page
3. Bat
5. Strike
4: Bean
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
4. Bean
1. Mitt ??
“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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For bonus points, what was his signature move?2. Diamond Dallas Page
The Diamond Cutter
Wasn’t that a drink at a bar (now closed) in Mankato. All I remember, it was a dishrag drink that tasted like chocolate milk. Unlike the Harry Buffalo in St Cloud.
Keep your stick on the ice...
For bonus points, what was his signature move?2. Diamond Dallas Page
The Diamond Cutter
Wasn’t that a drink at a bar (now closed) in Mankato. All I remember, it was a dishrag drink that tasted like chocolate milk. Unlike the Harry Buffalo in St Cloud.
McGoff's has been closed for quite a few years. Diamond Cutter's were dangerous!!
For bonus points, what was his signature move?2. Diamond Dallas Page
The Diamond Cutter
Additional trivia: DDP sued Jay-Z (!) for usage of the Diamond Cutter hand-sign. And won.
https://www.ihiphop.com/jay-z-loses-lawsuit-over-roc-a-fella-%E2%80%9Cdiamond%E2%80%9D-hand-sign/
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, August 17, 2023
Not a Round About Baseball: The Little League World Series starts this week! This round is not about baseball.
1. On March 12, 1947, a boy named Willard was born in Detroit, Michigan. What was his middle name?
Mitt
(Romney)
2. Dallas Page is a Hall of Fame WWE wrestler who spent two decades in the ring under what pseudonym?
“Diamond” Dallas Page
3. If you’re from the order Chiroptera, what are you?
A bat
4. What is the last name of the hunting and fishing enthusiast who invented the Maine Hunting Shoe in 1912?
Bean
(Leon Leonwood, or “L.L.”)
5. What six-letter word can follow “air,” “hunger,” and “gold”?
Strike
Questions for
Friday, August 18, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Cimarron County, in Oklahoma, is the only county in the U.S. that touches four other states. Name as many of those four states as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. The 2008 album “Circus” featured the first Britney Spears single to top the Billboard Hot 100 since “...One More Time.” Don’t try to front, just name that lead single!
3. What country invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands in 1982, triggering the Falklands War?
4. What arboreal primate’s name derives from a Malay term meaning “person of the forest”?
5. Today is August 18. On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when which state became the 36th state to approve it?
1: Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas
3: Argentina
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
2. Womanizer
5. Tennessee
Edit: Here’s a fun cover of Womanizer
4) Orangutan, I can’t believe this one was still unanswered.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Answers to Friday, August 18, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Cimarron County, in Oklahoma, is the only county in the U.S. that touches four other states. Name as many of those four states as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas
2. The 2008 album “Circus” featured the first Britney Spears single to top the Billboard Hot 100 since “...One More Time.” Don’t try to front, just name that lead single!
“Womanizer”
3. What country invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands in 1982, triggering the Falklands War?
Argentina
4. What arboreal primate’s name derives from a Malay term meaning “person of the forest”?
Orangutan
5. Today is August 18. On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when which state became the 36th state to approve it?
Tennessee
Questions for
Monday, August 21, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. New York City is the most populous city in the state of New York, duh! What is the second-most populous city in New York state?
2. What flaming dessert was named after the chairman of the New Orleans Crime Commission in 1951?
3. Individuals with the last names Peck, Wright, and Redenbacher all share what first name?
4. People magazine has chosen a “Sexiest Man Alive” every year since 1985. It’s almost always an actor, but in 2015, a 40-year-old retired athlete was picked instead. Name him.
5. Many people believe that Kwanzaa started in Africa, but it actually started in 1966 in Los Angeles. Its name is derived from a phrase meaning “first fruit” in what language?