2. Tamagatchi?
I could not think of the name of that annoying thing. One of my kids got one, think I hid it in the garbage can.
"Dad, where did my stupid toy thing go?"
“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) Bushido
5) Taikun which vaguely sounds like tycoon
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Answers to Thursday, February 15, 2024
Japanese Loanwords: Five vocabulary questions about Japanese loanwords.
1. How do you say “empty orchestra” in Japanese?
Karaoke
2. In 1996, Bandai Corporation released what handheld digital toy, whose name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for “watch” and “egg”?
Tamagotchi
3. What Japanese word, which loosely translates to “the way of the warrior,” didn’t originate until about 500 years after the rise of the samurai?
Bushido
4. What type of puzzle’s name is a shortened form of a sentence that, when translated literally into English, means “the digits must remain single”?
Sudoku
5. What six-letter word — which came to prominence in the English language in the late 19th century to describe wealthy industrialists — derives from an ancient Japanese title that literally means “great lord”?
Tycoon
Questions for
Friday, February 16, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are five Broadway productions, all musicals, that ran for over 7,000 performances. Name as many of those musicals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
2. Thomas Jefferson founded two academic institutions. One was the University of Virginia. The other was the result of legislation he signed while he was president of the U.S. Name it.
3. What 2007 comedy starred John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy as a group of middle-aged suburbanites who deal with their midlife crises by forming a motorcycle gang?
4. Cyrano de Bergerac’s love interest was an inspiration to both Steve Martin and Sting. What was her name?
5. Today is February 16. On this day in 1959, who became premier of Cuba after defeating the forces of dictator General Fulgencio Batista?
4. Roxanne
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) Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Chicago, The Lion King
2) West Point
3) Wild Hogs
4) Rube by 5 minutes👍
5) Fidel Castro
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
5. Fidel Castro
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Answers to Friday, February 16, 2024
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are five Broadway productions, all musicals, that ran for over 7,000 performances. Name as many of those musicals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Chicago” (the 1996 revival), “The Lion King,” “Wicked,” “Cats”
2. Thomas Jefferson founded two academic institutions. One was the University of Virginia. The other was the result of legislation he signed while he was president of the U.S. Name it.
West Point (or U.S. Military Academy)
3. What 2007 comedy starred John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy as a group of middle-aged suburbanites who deal with their midlife crises by forming a motorcycle gang?
“Wild Hogs”
4. Cyrano de Bergerac’s love interest was an inspiration to both Steve Martin and Sting. What was her name?
Roxane
5. Today is February 16. On this day in 1959, who became premier of Cuba after defeating the forces of dictator General Fulgencio Batista?
Fidel Castro
Just a friendly reminder to please limit yourself to 2 answers even if you know more. That way more people can participate. 😄
Questions for
Monday, February 19, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The world’s first mammal cloned from an adult cell was born in 1996. What singer was that animal’s namesake?
2. In 1956, “In God We Trust” was made the official motto of the United States. It replaced what de facto motto, which had been on the Great Seal since 1782?
3. Only two documentary films have ever won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. One was a 1956 French movie called “The Silent World.” The other was a 2004 film directed by Michael Moore. Name that movie.
4. What animal is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having “the greatest number of names, with over 40 in English alone”?
5. Millions of sports fans watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup became aware for the first time of what eight-letter word, which loosely translates from Zulu as “noisemaker”?
1. Dolly Parton
2. E Pluribus Unum?
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
5 Vuvuzela
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
3. Fahrenheit 9/11
4. Has to be the cougar
Answers to Monday, February 19, 2024
1. The world’s first mammal cloned from an adult cell was born in 1996. What singer was that animal’s namesake?
Dolly Parton
(it was a sheep named Dolly)
2. In 1956, “In God We Trust” was made the official motto of the United States. It replaced what de facto motto, which had been on the Great Seal since 1782?
“E Pluribus Unum”
3. Only two documentary films have ever won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. One was a 1956 French movie called “The Silent World.” The other was a 2004 film directed by Michael Moore. Name that movie.
“Fahrenheit 9/11”
4. What animal is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having “the greatest number of names, with over 40 in English alone”?
Mountain Lion
5. Millions of sports fans watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup became aware for the first time of what eight-letter word, which loosely translates from Zulu as “noisemaker”?
Vuvuzela
Questions for
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Each blood type can be further differentiated by what factor, which was named after the type of monkey on which the conclusive tests were conducted?
2. What Alaskan archipelago straddles the 180th meridian, and therefore contains both the westernmost and the easternmost points in the United States?
3. What word, which originally described an unintentionally fortuitous shot in billiards, is now applied to any lucky coincidence? Hint: It’s also the name of a type of parasitic flatworm.
4. In the 1940s, the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren was asked by her daughter to come up with a story to entertain her while she was home sick from school. The story she came up with involves the adventures of what 9-year-old girl?
5. Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands. The second-largest city also has a nine-letter name — six of which are identical to the letters in Amsterdam. Name that city.
1. Rh factor - named for the Rhesus monkey
2. Aleutian Islands
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
5. Rotterdam
“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. Pippi Longstocking
3 Fluke
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Answers to Tuesday, February 20, 2024
1. Each blood type can be further differentiated by what factor, which was named after the type of monkey on which the conclusive tests were conducted?
Rh
(for Rhesus)
2. What Alaskan archipelago straddles the 180th meridian, and therefore contains both the westernmost and the easternmost points in the United States?
The Aleutian Islands
3. What word, which originally described an unintentionally fortuitous shot in billiards, is now applied to any lucky coincidence? Hint: It’s also the name of a type of parasitic flatworm.
Fluke
4. In the 1940s, the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren was asked by her daughter to come up with a story to entertain her while she was home sick from school. The story she came up with involves the adventures of what 9-year-old girl?
Pippi Longstocking
5. Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands. The second-largest city also has a nine-letter name—six of which are identical to the letters in Amsterdam. Name that city.
Rotterdam
Questions for
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What Grammy-winning comedy band took its name from an expression once used by Marv Albert to describe an NBA player's vigorous aptitude for guarding opposing players?
2. Dublin is the largest city on the island of Ireland. What is the second-largest city on that island?
3. In 1797, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge had a dream about it. In 1980, Olivia Newton-John made a rollerskating movie about it. Name that legendary palace.
4. The most-visited museum in the United States — and one of the most visited museums in the world — is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. What is it called?
5. Authors Zadie Smith, Octavia Butler, and Walter Mosley are all among the winners of an annual literary medal named for what Harlem Renaissance poet?
3. Xanadu
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Tenacious D
2. Belfast ?
4. Natural History Museum ?
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
“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) Langston Hughes
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Museum of American History. Who doesn’t want to see the Ruby Slippers and Julia Childs kitchen?2. Belfast ?
4. Natural History Museum ?
I would guess Air and Space
The lad is right.
I wasn’t close.
“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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Museum of American History. Who doesn’t want to see the Ruby Slippers and Julia Childs kitchen?2. Belfast ?
4. Natural History Museum ?
I would guess Air and Space
The lad is right.
I wasn’t close.
Actually, the lad wasn't right, either. @kelly-red got it right.
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
I learned this late last night on Tik Tok… lol!!!
Which country has the most spoken languages of a 840?
Keep your stick on the ice...
Museum of American History. Who doesn’t want to see the Ruby Slippers and Julia Childs kitchen?2. Belfast ?
4. Natural History Museum ?
I would guess Air and Space
The lad is right.
I wasn’t close.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
I learned this late last night on Tik Tok… lol!!!
Which country has the most spoken languages of a 840?
Shot in the dark: Indonesia?
“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, February 21, 2024
1. What Grammy-winning comedy band took its name from an expression once used by Marv Albert to describe an NBA player's vigorous aptitude for guarding opposing players?
Tenacious D
2. Dublin is the largest city on the island of Ireland. What is the second-largest city on that island?
Belfast
3. In 1797, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge had a dream about it. In 1980, Olivia Newton-John made a rollerskating movie about it. Name that legendary palace.
Xanadu
4. The most-visited museum in the United States — and one of the most visited museums in the world — is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. What is it called?
National Museum of Natural History
5. Authors Zadie Smith, Octavia Butler, and Walter Mosley are all among the winners of an annual literary medal named for what Harlem Renaissance poet?
Langston Hughes
Questions for
Theme Thursday, February 22, 2024
Prosthetically Pleasing: Five questions about actors whose film or TV roles required prosthetic makeup.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Meryl Streep wore prosthetic teeth in 2019 to better resemble her onscreen son, played by Alexander Skarsgard, for the second season of what acclaimed HBO series?
2. Who won the Academy Award for “Best Actor” for a 2017 role as Winston Churchill — a role he only accepted after special effects makeup artist Kazu Hiro signed on to create the necessary prosthetics?
3. Mark Wahlberg has kept just one prop from his films. It was a prosthetic from what 1997 movie?
4. Nicole Kidman wore a prosthetic nose in her Oscar-winning role in 2002’s “The Hours.” What British author does she play in that movie?
5. Retired NFL star John Matuszak was unrecognizable under all of the facial prosthetics required to play Sloth Fratelli in what 1985 movie?
2. Gary Oldman
5. Goonies
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. Boogie Nights ?
“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. Big Little Lies
Museum of American History. Who doesn’t want to see the Ruby Slippers and Julia Childs kitchen?2. Belfast ?
4. Natural History Museum ?
I would guess Air and Space
The lad is right.
I wasn’t close.
Actually, the lad wasn't right, either. @kelly-red got it right.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
4. Virginia Woolf
Answers to Friday, February 23, 2024
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Of the top 10 movies released in a February (of any year) at the domestic box office, four are superhero movies. Name as many of those movies as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.
“Black Panther,” “Deadpool,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “The Lego Batman Movie”
2. The “octothorpe” is a symbol that can trace its origins to Roman times, but it is most commonly known today as a… what?
Hashtag (hash, number sign, pound sign)
3. What alliteratively named deep blue stone, mined in the mountains of Afghanistan, was highly valued both for jewelry and as a paint pigment during the Renaissance?
Lapis Lazuli
4. The cable channel OWN has broadcast such shows as “First-Time Buyer's Club,” “Queen Sugar,” “Super Soul Sunday,” and “Love & Marriage: Huntsville.” What does “OWN” stand for?
Oprah Winfrey Network
5. Today is February 23. On this day in 2000, what Mexican American musician won eight Grammy Awards for the album “Supernatural”?
Carlos Santana
Questions for
Monday, February 26, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Retail workers and skincare enthusiasts across the country have taken to TikTok to complain about adolescents causing chaos and swarming what store while on the hunt for trendy makeup and skincare products?
2. The Alabama state docks that belong to the state’s port authority are located in what city on the Gulf Coast?
3. The patent for "breathable footwear pieces and methods for manufacturing such" is held by what Colorado-based, reptilian-sounding company, which gave away over 100,000 pairs to healthcare workers in 2020?
4. In gymnastics, both men and women perform the floor routine, with two big differences: men do 70-second routines, while women do 90-second routines. The other big difference involves the absence of what in men’s routines?
5. In America, to visit the "Land of Enchantment," you go to New Mexico. Where will you have to go to visit the "Island of Enchantment"?
2 Mobile?
3 Crocs
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
4. Music?
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Sephora?
I didn’t even know this chain (more like didn’t notice) existed until it was referenced in Schitt’s Creek.
“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. Puerto Rico
Answers to Monday, February 26, 2024
1. Retail workers and skincare enthusiasts across the country have taken to TikTok to complain about adolescents causing chaos and swarming what store while on the hunt for trendy makeup and skincare products?
Sephora
2. The Alabama state docks that belong to the state’s port authority are located in what city on the Gulf Coast?
Mobile
3. The patent for "breathable footwear pieces and methods for manufacturing such" is held by what Colorado-based, reptilian-sounding company, which gave away over 100,000 pairs to healthcare workers in 2020?
Crocs
4. In gymnastics, both men and women perform the floor routine, with two big differences: men do 70-second routines, while women do 90-second routines. The other big difference involves the absence of what in men’s routines?
Music
5. In America, to visit the "Land of Enchantment," you go to New Mexico. Where will you have to go to visit the "Island of Enchantment"?
Puerto Rico
Questions for
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. In 1898, a man named Frank Seiberling founded a company that he named after the inventor of vulcanized rubber. What company is that?
2. What 1983 teen movie — which helped launch the careers of several successful Hollywood actors, including Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, and Matt Dillon — was based on a 1967 novel set in Tulsa, Oklahoma?
3. According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, what patriot said, “One if by land, and two if by sea”?
4. In 2001, Radiohead released a single from their new album, “Amnesiac.” One fan named Rian Johnson thought the song's title would be a good title for a murder mystery and, 18 years later, he made that movie. Name it!
5. Hudson Bay is the second-largest bay in the world. Which bay, centrally located in South and Southeast Asia, is larger?
2. The Outsiders
3. Paul Revere