4 Bobby Flay
Answers to Thursday, May 15, 2025
Hot Grill Summer: It’s grill season! Here are five questions hot off the grill.
1. In North America, it’s a term for a small charcoal grill. But in Japan, where the term originated, it’s a device used to heat the home. What is it?
“Hibachi”
2. What automotive brand has trademarked its distinctive grille design, which features a row of seven thin vertical bars?
Jeep
3. What term — from the Old French for “hot coals” — was used from 1957 to 1993 for Dairy Queen locations that serve hot eats as well as cool treats?
“Brazier”
4. What Food Network star is the author of such books as “Boy Meets Grill,” “Boy Gets Grill,” “Grilling for Life,” and “Grill It!”?
Bobby Flay
5. The title of this round is a play on the title of a 2019 hit song by what Houston rapper?
Megan Thee Stallion
Questions for
Friday, May 16, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: At the end of April, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that seven musical acts would make up its 2025 class of inductees in the performer category. Name as many of those musical acts as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. What given name — shared by a Disney villain and a minor “Friends” character — means “little she-bear” in Latin?
3. What alliterative cocktail, whose impressive list of ingredients typically includes gin, cherry brandy, lime juice, pineapple juice, grenadine, and Angostura bitters, gets its name from a tiny island located just off the Malay peninsula?
4. According to legend, Romulus and Remus founded the city of Rome in 753 BCE on the banks of what river?
5. Today is May 16. On this day in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy was sworn in as president of what country, serving only one term before losing office to François Hollande in 2012?
2. Ursula ??
3. Singapore Sling
“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. Tiber River
5. France
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
I am boycotting answering #1 in protest of Billy Idol not being inducted.
Answers to Friday, May 16, 2025
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: At the end of April, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that seven musical acts would make up its 2025 class of inductees in the performer category. Name as many of those musical acts as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden, The White Stripes
2. What given name — shared by a Disney villain and a minor “Friends” character — means “little she-bear” in Latin?
Ursula
3. What alliterative cocktail, whose impressive list of ingredients typically includes gin, cherry brandy, lime juice, pineapple juice, grenadine, and Angostura bitters, gets its name from a tiny island located just off the Malay peninsula?
Singapore sling
4. According to legend, Romulus and Remus founded the city of Rome in 753 BCE on the banks of what river?
Tiber
5. Today is May 16. On this day in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy was sworn in as president of what country, serving only one term before losing office to François Hollande in 2012?
France
Questions for
Monday, May 19, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. “Pink,” “Orange,” and “Green” are among the episode titles of what colorful Giancarlo Esposito-fronted Netflix anthology series, unique in that its eight parts can be watched in any order?
2. What four-letter word, originally used to describe a festive robe, is now the name of a variety of apple, an association of LGBTQ choral groups, and an annual celebration at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art?
3. What HBO series, starring Emily Watson and Mark Strong, is partially based on the 2012 novel “Sisterhood of Dune” by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson?
4. After winning two Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars in the ’70s, Mario Puzo reportedly decided he needed to learn how to actually write a screenplay. He bought a book, which advised him to study the screenplay of what movie?
5. Breanna Stewart was the most recent WNBA rookie to make the U.S. Women’s Basketball Team Summer Olympics roster. She helped the team win their sixth consecutive gold medal in what year?
2 Gala
4. The Godfather ?? Would be an ironic twist....
“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 suspect you're correct here, simply because of that irony.4. The Godfather ?? Would be an ironic twist....
5) 2020?
3. Dune: Prophecy?
Answers to Monday, May 19, 2025
1. “Pink,” “Orange,” and “Green” are among the episode titles of what colorful Giancarlo Esposito-fronted Netflix anthology series, unique in that its eight parts can be watched in any order?
“Kaleidoscope”
2. What four-letter word, originally used to describe a festive robe, is now the name of a variety of apple, an association of LGBTQ choral groups, and an annual celebration at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art?
“Gala”
3. What HBO series, starring Emily Watson and Mark Strong, is partially based on the 2012 novel “Sisterhood of Dune” by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson?
“Dune: Prophecy”
4. After winning two Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars in the ’70s, Mario Puzo reportedly decided he needed to learn how to actually write a screenplay. He bought a book, which advised him to study the screenplay of what movie?
“The Godfather”
(which he wrote)
5. Breanna Stewart was the most recent WNBA rookie to make the U.S. Women’s Basketball Team Summer Olympics roster. She helped the team win their sixth consecutive gold medal in what year?
2016
Questions for
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What Missouri-based, two-named aerospace company did Boeing merge with in 1997, resulting in "a disintegration of workplace morale," according to a 2022 documentary?
2. Steph Curry’s dad was also an NBA player. What is Steph’s dad’s given name?
3. What 1953 play was written in two acts, which explains why one prominent critic famously described it as “a play in which nothing happens, twice”?
4. What word can mean either a highly ornate and extravagant style of architecture, or a musical era preceded by Renaissance music and followed by Classical music?
5. “Cavity Sam” is the main character in what board game?
1 McDonnell Douglas
5 Operation
3. Waiting for Godot
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. Baroque
2. Dell. Although that may be short for something else.
2. Dell. Although that may be short for something else.
I looked it up. Dell Curry and Steph Curry’s given first name is Wardell
Answers to Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1. What Missouri-based, two-named aerospace company did Boeing merge with in 1997, resulting in "a disintegration of workplace morale," according to a 2022 documentary?
McDonnell Douglas
2. Steph Curry’s dad was also an NBA player. What is Steph’s dad’s given name?
Wardell (or Dell)
3. What 1953 play was written in two acts, which explains why one prominent critic famously described it as “a play in which nothing happens, twice”?
“Waiting for Godot”
4. What word can mean either a highly ornate and extravagant style of architecture, or a musical era preceded by Renaissance music and followed by Classical music?
Baroque
5. “Cavity Sam” is the main character in what board game?
Operation
Questions for
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” is a famous line from “The Brady Bunch.” Which character said it?
2. Toronto is considered a “city,” Halifax a “regional municipality,” and Oakville, Ontario is considered the most-populous “town” in Canada. What is the most-populous “Ville” in Canada?
3. Our Lady of Guadalupe is sometimes referred to as "the Empress of the Americas," "the Patroness of Latin America," and even "the Queen of Mexico." In English-speaking countries, she’s generally known better as… whom?
4. Petrichor is a scent released by bacteria in soil. Humans are subconsciously attuned to it due to our own survival instincts. With what weather condition do we associate the smell of petrichor?
5. Though it sounds like it would be native to the largest city in New Zealand, the North Atlantic is home to what Northern Hemisphere analogue of the penguin, whose "great" type was nearly three feet tall and went extinct in the mid-1800s?
3. The Virgin Mary
1. St. Cloud State (Jan)
“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. Rain
2) Montreal
5. Great Auk
Answers to Wednesday, May 21, 2025
1. “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” is a famous line from “The Brady Bunch.” Which character said it?
Jan
2. Toronto is considered a “city,” Halifax a “regional municipality,” and Oakville, Ontario is considered the most-populous “town” in Canada. What is the most-populous “Ville” in Canada?
Montreal
3. Our Lady of Guadalupe is sometimes referred to as "the Empress of the Americas," "the Patroness of Latin America," and even "the Queen of Mexico." In English-speaking countries, she’s generally known better as… whom?
The Virgin Mary
4. Petrichor is a scent released by bacteria in soil. Humans are subconsciously attuned to it due to our own survival instincts. With what weather condition do we associate the smell of petrichor?
Rain
5. Though it sounds like it would be native to the largest city in New Zealand, the North Atlantic is home to what Northern Hemisphere analogue of the penguin, whose "great" type was nearly three feet tall and went extinct in the mid-1800s?
Auk
Questions for
Theme Thursday, May 22, 2025
We “Stan” a Geography Round: I’ll read a short clue. Your answers will all be countries that end in “-stan.”
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion the year before of which “-stan” country, also known as “The Graveyard of Empires”?
2. The largest of the “-stan” countries by area is also the only one that borders Russia. Name that country.
3. In 1893, following the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Durand Line was established to separate the lands held by the Afghans and the British Army. Today, it's the border between Afghanistan and which neighboring country?
4. There are two double-landlocked countries in the world (meaning they are landlocked entirely by landlocked countries). One is Liechtenstein. What is the other one?
5. There is only one “-stan” country with a “Y” in its name. In fact, it has two of them. Which country is that?
4. Uzbekistan (one of my favorite fun facts)
1.Afghanistan
2 Kazakhstan
5 Kyrgyzstan
3. Pakistan (WAG but given the British presence there....)
“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 Thursday, May 22, 2025
We “Stan” a Geography Round: Your answers this round will all be countries that end in “-stan.”
1. The U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion the year before of which “-stan” country, also known as “The Graveyard of Empires”?
Afghanistan
2. The largest of the “-stan” countries by area is also the only one that borders Russia. Name that country.
Kazakhstan
3. In 1893, following the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Durand Line was established to separate the lands held by the Afghans and the British Army. Today, it's the border between Afghanistan and which neighboring country?
Pakistan
4. There are two double-landlocked countries in the world (meaning they are landlocked entirely by landlocked countries). One is Liechtenstein. What is the other one?
Uzbekistan
5. There is only one “-stan” country with a “Y” in its name. In fact, it has two of them. Which country is that?
Kyrgyzstan
Questions for
Friday, May 23, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Tuesday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Shaquille O’Neal played for six NBA teams during his professional playing career, which spanned from 1992 to 2011. Name as many of those six teams as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. The words “Seoul” and “Kyoto” both mean the same thing in their respective languages. What do they mean?
3. As a verb, it means to corrupt or change something against its original intention. As a noun, it means someone with socially unaccepted preferences. It comes from a Latin word meaning “to turn the wrong way.” What is that word?
4. Acetaminophen is an analgesic and an antipyretic. Analgesics are pain killers. What are antipyretics?
5. Today is May 23. On this date in 1898, author Scott O’Dell was born. He’s most famous for what 1960 children’s novel, which tells the true story of an Indigenous girl who was stranded for many years on an island off the coast of California?
2. Capital City
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) Orlando, LA Lakers, Miami, Phoenix, Boston and #5 is slipping my mind.
3. Pervert
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. Fever reducers
5. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Zwak is on vacation this week so I’m covering the trivia questions.
The questions have not shown up in my email yet so I suspect they are no sending due to the holiday but I will post if they are sent.
“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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You can just make some up! 😎Zwak is on vacation this week so I’m covering the trivia questions.
The questions have not shown up in my email yet so I suspect they are no sending due to the holiday but I will post if they are sent.
I’ve got one!
Who are 3 people who’ve never been in my kitchen?