Answers to Thursday, October 12, 2023
“Anonymous Spouses”: Five questions about women whose fame is vastly greater than that of their spouses.
1. She was briefly married to Lyle Lovett in the ’90s, and is now married to a camera operator she met on the set of the movie “The Mexican” in 2000. What is her name?
Julia Roberts
2. In a 1973 hit song, she begged Jolene not to take her man. That man’s name is Carl Dean, and he’s a publicity-shy retired asphalt company owner she met the day she moved to Nashville in 1964. Who is she?
Dolly Parton
3. Her husband is Don Gummer, a sculptor. She has won three Academy Awards. Who is she?
Meryl Streep
4. She met her wife Alex, a granite salesperson, while remodeling her kitchen. They had twins in 2009, just one month before she became the first Black woman comic to emcee the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Who is she?
Wanda Sykes
5. Her late husband Derek was director of national parks in Tanzania, where she lived and worked for 40 years. What is her name?
Jane Goodall
Questions for
Friday, October 13, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four NBA teams whose names do not end in “s.” Name as many of those teams as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. The 2016 reboot famously featured an all-woman team of Ghostbusters. What male actor took over the receptionist’s role originally played by Annie Potts?
3. Naphthalene is a solid white hydrocarbon that produces a sickly sweet aroma. It’s best known as a primary ingredient in what product, used to stave off mold and insect larvae?
4. A store called Toy Bazaar was founded in Baltimore in 1862 by a German immigrant whose given name was Frederick August Otto. What is that store called today?
5. Today is October 13. Happy birthday to what British comedian, who has been unsuccessfully sued for defamation by former Senate candidate Roy Moore, the residents of the Romanian village of Glod, and some UNC students who claimed he duped them into signing releases while drunk?
3. Mothballs?
4. F.A.O. Schwartz
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Heat, Jazz,...
“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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“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) that would be the sweet God himself, Chris Hemsworth
5) Sasha Cohan Baron
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5. Sacha Baron Cohen
3. Fels Naptha soap?
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, October 13, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four NBA teams whose names do not end in “s.” Name as many of those teams as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz
2. The 2016 reboot famously featured an all-woman team of Ghostbusters. What male actor took over the receptionist’s role originally played by Annie Potts?
Chris Hemsworth
3. Naphthalene is a solid white hydrocarbon that produces a sickly sweet aroma. It’s best known as a primary ingredient in what product, used to stave off mold and insect larvae?
Moth balls
4. A store called Toy Bazaar was founded in Baltimore in 1862 by a German immigrant whose given name was Frederick August Otto. What is that store called today?
FAO Schwarz
5. Today is October 13. Happy birthday to what British comedian, who has been unsuccessfully sued for defamation by former Senate candidate Roy Moore, the residents of the Romanian village of Glod, and some UNC students who claimed he duped them into signing releases while drunk?
Sacha Baron Cohen
Questions for
Monday, October 16, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Which letter represents the number 50 in Roman numerals?
2. What suburb, located directly north of Boston, is home to the oldest university in the U.S.?
3. What event was Herbert Morrison describing in 1937 when he said, “Oh, the humanity!”?
4. Kettledrums are also known by what Italian name, which is plural but doesn’t end in an “s”?
5. What is the three-word subtitle of the Shakespeare play “Twelfth Night”?
2. Cambridge
3. The crash & fire of The Hindenburg
“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. L
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.
1: L
4: Timpani
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
5) What You Will
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Answers to Monday, October 16, 2023
1. Which letter represents the number 50 in Roman numerals?
L
2. What city*, located directly north of Boston, is home to the oldest university in the U.S.?
Cambridge
(Harvard University)
(*Apologies to the people of Cambridge for referring to it as a suburb in yesterday’s email)
3. What event was Herbert Morrison describing in 1937 when he said, “Oh, the humanity!”?
Hindenburg disaster
4. Kettledrums are also known by what Italian name, which is plural but doesn’t end in an “s”?
Timpani
(the singular is “timpano”)
5. What is the three-word subtitle of the Shakespeare play “Twelfth Night”?
“What You Will”
Questions for
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The world’s first successful PDA — or “Personal Digital Assistant” — was released in 1996 by a company called U.S. Robotics. What was it called?
2. The official title of “Encyclopedia Britannica” contains an Old English letter called an “ash.” It looks like what two letters squished together?
3. Which state were the Revolutionary War soldiers that George Washington referred to as “the Old Line” from?
4. Roger Ebert suggested that the director of films such as “Kiki's Delivery Service,” “Porco Rosso,” and “The Wind Rises” may be the best animation filmmaker in history. Name that Japanese filmmaker!
5. What convenient item was added to the Crayola box of 64 crayons when it debuted in 1958?
2. A and E
3. Maryland
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1: Palm Pilot
5: Sharpener?
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
5: Sharpener?
Those lucky kids with the 64 and its build in crayon sharpener! I was so jealous as I sat over there with my 24 or, if my mom was feeling super generous at Target, a 36 box!! ?
“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. Not familiar with those titles, but this has gotta be Hayao Miyazaki.
Three 44 year old QBs have positive rushing yards in the modern era.
Go:
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.
Brady and Vinny Testaverde are two guesses. I initially thought of George Blanda, but while he was active at 44, he was only kicking at that point.Three 44 year old QBs have positive rushing yards in the modern era.
Go:
Brady and Vinny Testaverde are two guesses. I initially thought of George Blanda, but while he was active at 44, he was only kicking at that point.Three 44 year old QBs have positive rushing yards in the modern era.
Go:
Brady and Vinny are correct. The 3rd one will make people laugh. I was even "WTF, REALLY?!"
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.
Blanda?
Only "old" QB I can think of....
“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 I’ve heard this one before, is it Warren Moon? Had 1 or 2 yards or something.
Answers to Tuesday, October 17, 2023
1. The world’s first successful PDA — or “Personal Digital Assistant” — was released in 1996 by a company called U.S. Robotics. What was it called?
PalmPilot
2. The official title of “Encyclopedia Britannica” contains an Old English letter called an “ash.” It looks like what two letters squished together?
A, E
(æ)
3. Which state were the Revolutionary War soldiers that George Washington referred to as “the Old Line” from?
Maryland
4. Roger Ebert suggested that the director of films such as “Kiki's Delivery Service,” “Porco Rosso,” and “The Wind Rises” may be the best animation filmmaker in history. Name that Japanese filmmaker!
Hayao Miyazaki
5. What convenient item was added to the Crayola box of 64 crayons when it debuted in 1958?
Crayon sharpener
Questions for
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Author Robert Pirsig was best known as the writer of what philosophical 1974 novel about a 17-day journey he and his son once took from Minnesota to California?
2. What Japanese martial art has a name that translates to “the way of the harmonious spirit”?
3. “Scott’s Last Expedition” is the title of a journal written by Sir Robert Falcon Scott about his attempt to reach what location?
4. What is the only movie on IMDb.com whose rating is given out of 11 stars, as opposed to the standard 10?
5. Of the six wives of Henry VIII, how many were named Anne?
1. Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
4. This Is Spinal Tap
“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. Two - Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. South Pole
2: Akido
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
I think I’ve heard this one before, is it Warren Moon? Had 1 or 2 yards or something.
Correct. 2 yds rushing.
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.
I think I’ve heard this one before, is it Warren Moon? Had 1 or 2 yards or something.
Correct. 2 yds rushing.
Well done, K!
“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, October 18, 2023
1. Author Robert Pirsig was best known as the writer of what philosophical 1974 novel about a 17-day journey he and his son once took from Minnesota to California?
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
2. What Japanese martial art has a name that translates to “the way of the harmonious spirit”?
Aikido
3. “Scott’s Last Expedition” is the title of a journal written by Sir Robert Falcon Scott about his attempt to reach what location?
The South Pole
(Roald Amundsen beat him there)
4. What is the only movie on IMDb.com whose rating is given out of 11 stars, as opposed to the standard 10?
“This Is Spinal Tap”
5. Of the six wives of Henry VIII, how many were named Anne?
Two
(Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves)
Questions for
Theme Thursday, October 19, 2023
In Dreams: Five dreamy questions.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Who published a book in 1899 under the title “Die Traumdeutung,” or “The Interpretation of Dreams”?
2. What Nintendo character — who was originally created as a placeholder graphic while designers worked on a more detailed character — defends Dream Land from the dreaded Nightmare Wizard?
3. “For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come” is a line from which Shakespeare play?
4. In the 2010 movie “Inception,” Leonardo DiCaprio uses a small object to figure out if he’s dreaming or not. What kind of object is it?
5. Sometimes, when a dreamer is aware that they are dreaming, they can take control of the dream. What five-letter word is used to describe this type of dreaming?
5. Lucid
1. Freud
2. Kirby
3. Hamlet
4: Top
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Answers to Thursday, October 19, 2023
In Dreams: Five dreamy questions.
1. Who published a book in 1899 under the title “Die Traumdeutung,” or “The Interpretation of Dreams”?
Sigmund Freud
2. What Nintendo character — who was originally created as a placeholder graphic while designers worked on a more detailed character — defends Dream Land from the dreaded Nightmare Wizard?
Kirby
3. “For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come” is a line from which Shakespeare play?
“Hamlet”
4. In the 2010 movie “Inception,” Leonardo DiCaprio uses a small object to figure out if he’s dreaming or not. What kind of object is it?
Top
5. Sometimes, when a dreamer is aware that they are dreaming, they can take control of the dream. What five-letter adjective is used to describe this type of dreaming?
Lucid
Questions for
Friday, October 20, 2023
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There have been five movies based on Broadway musicals that went on to win the Oscar for “Best Picture.” Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. Norway holds the record for most medals won overall at the Winter Olympic Games. These games have been held twice in Norway: once in Oslo, and once in which other Norwegian city?
3. The first major wagon train to travel the Oregon Trail set out from Elm Grove, Missouri in 1842. If you’ve played the game, you’ll know that one of the first landmarks they passed was Chimney Rock, located in what present-day state?
4. What Screamin’ Jay Hawkins song has been famously covered by Nina Simone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Bette Midler in “Hocus Pocus”?
5. Today is October 20. On this day in 1973, a landmark designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. Name that building!
5. Sydney Opera House
“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. Nebraska
2. Lillehammer
“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. I Put a Spell On You
1) Chicago, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Westside Story. I think the last one is Broadway Melody?
I am wrong, it was Oliver! I blocked out that ponderous, boring film!
Please Sir, I DONOT want some more.
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Answers to Friday, October 20, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There have been five movies based on Broadway musicals that went on to win the Oscar for “Best Picture.” Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
“West Side Story,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Sound of Music,” “Chicago,” “Oliver!”
2. Norway holds the record for most medals won overall at the Winter Olympic Games. These games have been held twice in Norway: once in Oslo, and once in which other Norwegian city?
Lillehammer
3. The first major wagon train to travel the Oregon Trail set out from Elm Grove, Missouri in 1842. If you’ve played the game, you’ll know that one of the first landmarks they passed was Chimney Rock, located in what present-day state?
Nebraska
4. What Screamin’ Jay Hawkins song has been famously covered by Nina Simone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Bette Midler in “Hocus Pocus”?
“I Put a Spell on You”
5. Today is October 20. On this day in 1973, a landmark designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. Name that building!
Sydney Opera House