Questions for
Friday, June 13, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: In “The Sound of Music,” five types of non-human animals are mentioned in the lyrics of the song “My Favorite Things.” Name as many of those animals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. Talcum is at the bottom at a 1 on what scale that measures hardness, or in other words, the resistance of a smooth surface to scratching?
3. What dice game takes its name from the Hindi word for “25”?
4. Opened in 1971 and located in Austin, Texas, the southernmost presidential library is dedicated to which U.S. president?
5. Today is June 13. Happy birthday to what pair of twins whose ’90s film roles include “How the West Was Fun,” “To Grandmother's House We Go,” “It Takes Two,” and “Billboard Dad”?
3. Parcheesi
5. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
1. Dog, Bee, Kittens
1) ponies and geese
When people tell me I’ll regret not having kids, I say that’s okay I know a really good place to cry. It’s my vacation home.