4. Jules Verne (Around the World in 80 Days)
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
5 Jules Verne
2. The Road
One of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever seen. Spot on to the book too. I think what makes it so scary is that it’s a totally realistic scenario.
And because I hate having to scroll back a page:
Questions for Friday, November 14, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle.
- Quit While You’re Ahead: According to National Beef Wire, since 2021, there are four countries that contain more cows than the number of people. Name as many of those countries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
- What 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel features a protagonist known simply as “the man,” who was played by Viggo Mortensen in the 2009 film adaptation?
- Otitis externa, an infection of the outer ear canal, is more commonly known as… what?
- If you’re drinking grapefruit-flavored LaCroix sparkling water, what 12-letter French word will you find on the can?
- Today is November 14. On this day in 1889, pioneering journalist Nellie Bly embarked on a two-and-a-half month trip around the globe, as inspired by what author?
4. Love the pamplemousse la croix. Only reason I know that word. 😂
4. Love the pamplemousse la croix. Only reason I know that word. 😂
This made me think of one of my favorite YouTube videos. 🤣
“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. The Road
One of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever seen. Spot on to the book too. I think what makes it so scary is that it’s a totally realistic scenario.
Kids (realistic)
Requiem For A Dream (especially the director's cut)
2 movies I like, but will NEVER see again. *shudder*
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.
4. Love the pamplemousse la croix. Only reason I know that word. 😂This made me think of one of my favorite YouTube videos. 🤣
I now feel I must shout krankenwagen whenever I see an ambulance. 😂
I may or may not do this!
Same with Schmetterling !
“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 also cannot ever hear about the move the road without thinking of this scene. 😂
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KT3vOCWA-J0&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD
5. Jules Verne?
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
1) Brazil is one of the 4. The other 3 are probably South American countries as well.
I Montana has more cows than people as well… 😉
Uruguay, Argentina, New Zealand.
Australia keeps flirting with it, IIRC.
I looked it up and two different answers. One did not list Australia which I believe over the one the did list Australia.
Answers to Friday, November 14, 2025
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: According to National Beef Wire, since 2021, there are four countries that contain more cows than the number of people. Name as many of those countries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
Uruguay, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil
2. What 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel features a protagonist known simply as “the man,” who was played by Viggo Mortensen in the 2009 film adaptation?
“The Road”
3. Otitis externa, an infection of the outer ear canal, is more commonly known as… what?
Swimmer’s ear
4. If you’re drinking grapefruit-flavored LaCroix sparkling water, what 12-letter French word will you find on the can?
Pamplemousse
5. Today is November 14. On this day in 1889, pioneering journalist Nellie Bly embarked on a two-and-a-half month trip around the globe, as inspired by what author?
Jules Verne
(“Around the World in 80 Days” — her trip took 72 days)
I’m out of email jail. Thanks to GE for posting last week!
Questions for
Monday, November 17, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What on-the-street reporter regularly appeared on “Sesame Street” until 2004, when he was yanked from the show by his new corporate masters at Disney?
2. What stringed zither instrument, favored by Joni Mitchell and generally played on the user’s lap, gets its name from the Latin for “sweet melody”?
3. What soprano singer made her acting debut in 1993 on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” and her live-action film debut in 2010 in the critically panned movie “Burlesque”?
4. What type of public speech — which even trained public speakers usually don’t like to give — gets its name from the Greek for “good words”?
5. What seven-letter term for someone opposed to new technology comes from a faction of 19th-century English textile workers who destroyed new machinery in the name of a legendary hand-weaver?
5 Luddite
4. Eulogy
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
1. Kermit ? I recall Kermie doing some sort of street reporting when I watched with my kids.
“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. Dulcimer
3. Christina Aguilera
Answers to Monday, November 17, 2025
1. What on-the-street reporter regularly appeared on “Sesame Street” until 2004, when he was yanked from the show by his new corporate masters at Disney?
Kermit the Frog
(he has made two “Sesame Street” appearances since then)
2. What stringed zither instrument, favored by Joni Mitchell and generally played on the user’s lap, gets its name from the Latin for “sweet melody”?
Dulcimer
3. What soprano singer made her acting debut in 1993 on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” and her live-action film debut in 2010 in the critically panned movie “Burlesque”?
Christina Aguilera
4. What type of public speech — which even trained public speakers usually don’t like to give — gets its name from the Greek for “good words”?
Eulogy
5. What seven-letter term for someone opposed to new technology comes from a faction of 19th-century English textile workers who destroyed new machinery in the name of a legendary hand-weaver?
Luddite
(from weaver Ned Ludd)
Questions for
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What Japanese phrase, which translates to “I leave it up to you,” is most commonly used at Japanese restaurants where the customer leaves it up to the chef to select and serve seasonal specialties?
2. What piece of furniture gets its name from an Old French word meaning “guard of garments”?
3. Plato once described Socrates as what kind of insect, whose six-letter name has since become a term for someone who persistently questions authority, often to an annoying extent?
4. Giant pandas are members of the order Carnivora, despite the fact that 99 percent of their diet is made up of what plant?
5. In tennis, a “golden set” is a set won by a player without losing a single point. It’s only happened once in a major tournament. How many points must a player win in a row to achieve a “golden set”?
4 Bamboo
2 Armoire
“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. 24
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. omakase
2: Gotta be "wardrobe"
3. Gadfly
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,
November 18, 2025
1. What Japanese phrase, which translates to “I leave it up to you,” is most commonly used at Japanese restaurants where the customer leaves it up to the chef to select and serve seasonal specialties?
Omakase
2. What piece of furniture gets its name from an Old French word meaning “guard of garments”?
Wardrobe
3. Plato once described Socrates as what kind of insect, whose six-letter name has since become a term for someone who persistently questions authority, often to an annoying extent?
Gadfly
4. Giant pandas are members of the order Carnivora, despite the fact that 99 percent of their diet is made up of what plant?
Bamboo
5. In tennis, a “golden set” is a set won by a player without losing a single point. It’s only happened once in a major tournament. How many points must a player win in a row to achieve a “golden set”?
24
Questions for
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. A 1989 album landed a record seven singles in the Billboard top five, including “Miss You Much,” “Escapade,” and “Come Back to Me.” It was the biggest hit record for what Indiana-born artist?
2. If you’re composing a poem in anapestic meter with a rhyme scheme AABBA, what kind of poem are you writing?
3. What 1929 American novel took its name from Shakespeare’s description of “a tale told by an idiot” in Macbeth, and shares its name with a boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson?
4. “Barely Breathing” singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik wrote the music for what Tony-winning rock musical, which launched the careers of Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff?
5. The world’s largest nocturnal primate is a lemur with an extra-long middle finger, which it uses to forage for grubs and do some seriously deep nose picking. What is this bizarre lemur’s affirmative-sounding name?
1 Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
2. Limerick
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. Spring Awakening
5. Aye aye
3. The Sound and the Fury
I was 75% certain on this, nugget I recalled from an American Lit class I loved, but did look it up to confirm.
“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,
November 19, 2025
1. A 1989 album landed a record seven singles in the Billboard top five, including “Miss You Much,” “Escapade,” and “Come Back to Me.” It was the biggest hit record for what Indiana-born artist?
Janet Jackson
(“Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814”)
2. If you’re composing a poem in anapestic meter with a rhyme scheme AABBA, what kind of poem are you writing?
Limerick
3. What 1929 American novel took its name from Shakespeare’s description of “a tale told by an idiot” in Macbeth, and shares its name with a boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson?
“The Sound and the Fury”
4. “Barely Breathing” singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik wrote the music for what Tony-winning rock musical, which launched the careers of Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff?
“Spring Awakening”
5. The world’s largest nocturnal primate is a lemur with an extra-long middle finger, which it uses to forage for grubs and do some seriously deep nose picking. What is this bizarre lemur’s affirmative-sounding name?
Aye-aye
Questions for
Theme Thursday, November 20, 2025
Contempt of Court: Five questions that are absolutely not about the courtroom.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. “An object at rest stays at rest” is the first part of a scientific principle known as Newton's First Law of… what?
2. “Chained to the Rhythm” and “Swish Swish” appear on what 2017 Katy Perry album, which shares its title with a 1985 Harrison Ford film?
3. Before creating shows like “King of the Hill” and “Silicon Valley,” what writer and director helped launch animation on MTV with a hit show that was rebooted in 2022 on Paramount Plus?
4. In the biological sciences, what comes between “class” and “family”?
5. “Declarative,” “interrogative,” “imperative,” and “exclamatory” are the four types of what in the English language?
3. Mike Judge
“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. "Witness"
5. Sentences
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1 Motion
4 Order
Answers to Thursday,
November 20, 2025
Contempt of Court: Five questions that are absolutely not about the courtroom.
1. “An object at rest stays at rest” is the first part of a scientific principle known as Newton's First Law of… what?
Motion
2. “Chained to the Rhythm” and “Swish Swish” appear on what 2017 Katy Perry album, which shares its title with a 1985 Harrison Ford film?
“Witness”
3. Before creating shows like “King of the Hill” and “Silicon Valley,” what writer and director helped launch animation on MTV with a hit show that was rebooted in 2022 on Paramount Plus?
Mike Judge
(he created “Beavis and Butt-Head”)
4. In the biological sciences, what comes between “class” and “family”?
Order
5. “Declarative,” “interrogative,” “imperative,” and “exclamatory” are the four types of what in the English language?
Sentence
Questions for
Friday, November 21, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Four Queens municipalities had local, independent governments that were dissolved when they became part of New York City in 1898. Name as many of those cities and towns that became part of Queens as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. The medical term for your big toe is “hallux.” What is your “pollex” better known as?
3. For years, Schlitz advertised itself as the beer that made what U.S. city famous?
4. The region of Spain where Don Quixote lived gives its name to what type of sheep cheese?
5. Today is November 21. On this day in 1949, MLB owner Bill Veeck liquidated $22 million from what Rust Belt city’s team in order to fund his divorce settlement?
3 Milwaukee
1) Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island
Got the horse ahead of the cart and didnt read the full question… 
5. Cleveland Indians
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.
2. Thumb
4. Manchego
The extent of my Queens knowledge. 🤣
“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. Flushing!
I did remember one thanks to Homer.
“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) Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island
Got the horse ahead of the cart and didnt read the full question…
I think you got your horse and cart mixed up! 😁
I blame my parents… Moving from Kansas to Montana back in 1975 and not having child car seats and getting into an accident… 😉
1) Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island
Got the horse ahead of the cart and didnt read the full question…
I think you got your horse and cart mixed up! 😁
I blame my parents… Moving from Kansas to Montana back in 1975 and not having child car seats and getting into an accident… 😉
1. Jamaica (home of Cleo MacDowel)