Answers to Friday, November 21, 2025
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.
Long Island City, Elmhurst (or Newtown), Flushing, Jamaica
(plus the Rockaway Peninsula of Hempstead)
2. The medical term for your big toe is “hallux.” What is your “pollex” better known as?
Thumb
3. For years, Schlitz advertised itself as the beer that made what U.S. city famous?
Milwaukee
4. The region of Spain where Don Quixote lived gives its name to what type of sheep cheese?
Manchego
(La Mancha)
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?
Cleveland
Questions for
Monday, November 24, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. And just like that, after three seasons HBO canceled “And Just Like That,” a spin-off of what trend-setting show?
2. What “Star Trek” alien species shares a name with the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Hephaestus?
3. In 1999, which NFL franchise became the 31st team added to the league, despite their original founding several decades earlier?
4. Maserati’s logo and the flag of Barbados feature what weapon?
5. In her song “The Subway,” Chappell Roan references which Canadian province that has exactly zero subways?
3. Cleveland Browns
4. Trident
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2 Vulcans
5. Saskatchewan
Answers to Monday, November 24, 2025
1. And just like that, after three seasons HBO canceled “And Just Like That,” a spin-off of what trend-setting show?
“Sex and the City”
2. What “Star Trek” alien species shares a name with the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Hephaestus?
Vulcan
3. In 1999, which NFL franchise became the 31st team added to the league, despite their original founding several decades earlier?
Cleveland Browns
(the team was deactivated in 1995, then reactivated in 1999)
4. Maserati’s logo and the flag of Barbados feature what weapon?
Trident
5. In her song “The Subway,” Chappell Roan references which Canadian province that has exactly zero subways?
Saskatchewan
Questions for
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Daniel Day-Lewis returned to the silver screen in a 2025 film that shares its name with what kind of tentacled invertebrate?
2. In a commercial for Chase Sapphire, Ben Stiller joked that his family preferred to watch “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+, rather than his highly acclaimed show. What show is he referring to?
3. In 2022, RM Sotheby’s brokered the secret auction of a 300 SLR coupe for the equivalent of $142 million. What brand of automakers sold that car from their museum in Stuttgart, Germany?
4. A remake of The German film “Wings of Desire” gave us Nicolas Cage as an angel, Meg Ryan as a heart surgeon, a Goo Goo Dolls soundtrack, and an obvious L.A. setting when it dropped in 1998 under what title?
5. A triathlon typically begins with the swimming event. Which event does it usually end with?
3. Mercedes Benz
5. Run
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. Mercedes Benz
“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. Anemone
2. Severance
4. City of angels.
5. Running. (Or walking if you’re me. 😂)
Answers to Tuesday,
November 25, 2025
1. Daniel Day-Lewis returned to the silver screen in a 2025 film that shares its name with what kind of tentacled invertebrate?
Anemone
2. In a commercial for Chase Sapphire, Ben Stiller joked that his family preferred to watch “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+, rather than his highly acclaimed show. What show is he referring to?
“Severance”
3. In 2022, RM Sotheby’s brokered the secret auction of a 300 SLR coupe for the equivalent of $142 million. What brand of automakers sold that car from their museum in Stuttgart, Germany?
Mercedes-Benz
4. A remake of The German film “Wings of Desire” gave us Nicolas Cage as an angel, Meg Ryan as a heart surgeon, a Goo Goo Dolls soundtrack, and an obvious L.A. setting when it dropped in 1998 under what title?
“City of Angels”
5. A triathlon typically begins with the swimming event. Which event does it usually end with?
Running
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Questions for
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Which Greek letter is represented by upper- and lowercase symbols that resemble an “X”?
2. In 2005, the Smithsonian acquired a piano keyboard with Braille markings, a chess set made for blind players, and a pair of signature Ray-Ban sunglasses belonging to what singer, known as “the Genius of Soul”?
3. In ballroom dancing, what polished name is given to moves performed separately by dance partners, rather than as a pair?
4. Although he’s known for the hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” it’s a mispronunciation of his real name, not a joke about alcohol, that led Collins Obinna Chibueze to go by what stage name?
5. “What takes [this show] from an amusing distraction about an idiot American to one of the most lovable new shows of 2020 is its enormous heart,” is a critical reaction to Season 1 of what Apple TV+ comedy?
1 Chi
2. Ray Charles
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
2. Ray Charles
5 Ted Lasso ?
“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. Shaboozey
5. Ted Lasso
Answers to Wednesday, November 26, 2025
1. Which Greek letter is represented by upper- and lowercase symbols that resemble an “X”?
Chi
2. In 2005, the Smithsonian acquired a piano keyboard with Braille markings, a chess set made for blind players, and a pair of signature Ray-Ban sunglasses belonging to what singer, known as “the Genius of Soul”?
Ray Charles
3. In ballroom dancing, what polished name is given to moves performed separately by dance partners, rather than as a pair?
Shines
4. Although he’s known for the hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” it’s a mispronunciation of his real name, not a joke about alcohol, that led Collins Obinna Chibueze to go by what stage name?
Shaboozey
5. “What takes [this show] from an amusing distraction about an idiot American to one of the most lovable new shows of 2020 is its enormous heart,” is a critical reaction to Season 1 of what Apple TV+ comedy?
“Ted Lasso”
Questions for
Monday, December 1, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The classic coming-of-age song “At Seventeen,” by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, can be heard in the background of what hit teen 2004 movie, which also features a character named Janis Ian?
2. What ’90s computer game added the new character Chase Downfield, younger brother of Chuck, to the roster for its remastered release in early September?
3. In the 2025 film “Sinners,” the vampires perform an Irish folk song whose title begins with what flavor of ice cream — also beloved by Sloth?
4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an index measuring the stock performances of 30 large American companies. There is a similar stock index of 100 large British companies, which shares its informal name with a flirtatious act. Name that stock index!
5. Before 1995, Toyota’s best-selling truck in North America was simply called the “Toyota Pickup Truck.” In 1995, it was replaced by what model, which shares a name with a city on the Puget Sound?
5. Tacoma
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1. Mean Girls
3.
Answers to Monday, December 1, 2025
1. The classic coming-of-age song “At Seventeen,” by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, can be heard in the background of what hit teen 2004 movie, which also features a character named Janis Ian?
“Mean Girls”
2. What ’90s computer game added the new character Chase Downfield, younger brother of Chuck, to the roster for its remastered release in early September?
“Backyard Football”
3. In the 2025 film “Sinners,” the vampires perform an Irish folk song whose title begins with what flavor of ice cream — also beloved by Sloth?
Rocky Road
(“Rocky Road to Dublin”; Sloth from “The Goonies”)
4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an index measuring the stock performances of 30 large American companies. There is a similar stock index of 100 large British companies, which shares its informal name with a flirtatious act. Name that stock index!
The Footsie
(or FTSE — it stands for Financial Times Stock Exchange)
5. Before 1995, Toyota’s best-selling truck in North America was simply called the “Toyota Pickup Truck.” In 1995, it was replaced by what model, which shares a name with a city on the Puget Sound?
Tacoma
Questions for
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Thanks to the fact that TBS broadcast their games nationally from 1976 until 2007, the MLB team from what city is still known by the nickname “America’s Team”?
2.The Inverted Jenny, the Sicilian Error of Color, and the Benjamin Franklin Z Grill are all highly sought after by philatelists. That's the fancy name for people who collect what?
3. When the Titanic sank in 1912, she was closest to the shores of what island, which was considered a “dominion” at the time, but was made a province 37 years later?
4. Analogy time: Vibranium is to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as unobtanium is to what other cinematic franchise?
5. Actor Terence Stamp of "Superman" fame passed away in August at the age of 87. To video game fans, he's known for providing the voice of Mankor Camoran in "Oblivion," the fourth installment of what game series?
1 Atlanta Braves
2 Stamps
1. Atlanta
2. Stamps
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
5. The Elder Scrolls
3. Newfoundland
“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. Avatar
Answers to Tuesday,
December 2, 2025
1. Thanks to the fact that TBS broadcast their games nationally from 1976 until 2007, the MLB team from what city is still known by the nickname “America’s Team”?
Atlanta
2.The Inverted Jenny, the Sicilian Error of Color, and the Benjamin Franklin Z Grill are all highly sought after by philatelists. That's the fancy name for people who collect what?
Stamps
3. When the Titanic sank in 1912, she was closest to the shores of what island, which was considered a “dominion” at the time, but was made a province 37 years later?
Newfoundland
4. Analogy time: Vibranium is to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as unobtanium is to what other cinematic franchise?
“Avatar”
5. Actor Terence Stamp of "Superman" fame passed away in August at the age of 87. To video game fans, he's known for providing the voice of Mankor Camoran in "Oblivion," the fourth installment of what game series?
“The Elder Scrolls”
Questions for
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What idiom meaning “careful and sensitive treatment of a person or situation” mentions a delicate garment worn in the 17th century?
2. What video game franchise, whose most recent film adaptation came out in 2018, has featured such antagonists as a Japanese empress whose soul becomes trapped in a mirror, a CEO named Natla who is actually an immortal being from Atlantis, and a Tyrannosaurus rex?
3. What model of Ford was discontinued in 2011, resulting in police departments all over the country stockpiling as many as they could afford before they ran out?
4. What celestial body is home to formations named after Morgoth from “The Lord of the Rings,” Beatrice and Virgil from “The Divine Comedy,” and several death gods from various world religions?
5. What Pacific Northwestern river is the longest river in the U.S. that is named for an animal?
3 Crown Victoria
5. Snake
“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. Kid gloves?
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. Pluto
Answers to Wednesday,
December 3, 2025
1. What idiom meaning “careful and sensitive treatment of a person or situation” mentions a delicate garment worn in the 17th century?
“Handle with kid gloves”
2. What video game franchise, whose most recent film adaptation came out in 2018, has featured such antagonists as a Japanese empress whose soul becomes trapped in a mirror, a CEO named Natla who is actually an immortal being from Atlantis, and a Tyrannosaurus rex?
“Tomb Raider”
3. What model of Ford was discontinued in 2011, resulting in police departments all over the country stockpiling as many as they could afford before they ran out?
Crown Victoria
4. What celestial body is home to formations named after Morgoth from “The Lord of the Rings,” Beatrice and Virgil from “The Divine Comedy,” and several death gods from various world religions?
Pluto
5. What Pacific Northwestern river is the longest river in the U.S. that is named for an animal?
Snake River
Questions for
Theme Thursday, December 4, 2025
The Ring of Fire: We’re going down, down, down into a burning ring of questions about the Pacific Rim.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The world’s fourth-most populous country is also home to the most active volcanoes. Name that country.
2. The most destructive volcanic event in continental U.S. history took place on May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted in which state?
3. The tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean in 2004 was caused by a 9.2-magnitude undersea earthquake. It occurred on December 26, which is why it is known in British Commonwealth countries as the BLANK Tsunami. Fill in that two-word blank.
4. What country is home to most of South America’s volcanoes, and was the site of the strongest earthquake ever recorded, a 1960 quake that registered 9.5 on the Richter scale?
5. The answer to number one is home to a volcano that produced the loudest sound ever heard in modern history in 1883. Name that volcano.
1. Indonesia
4. Chile
2. Washington
5. Krakatoa
3. Boxing Day Tsunami
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 Thursday,
December 4, 2025
The Ring of Fire: We’re going down, down, down into a burning ring of questions about the Pacific Rim.
1. The world’s fourth-most populous country is also home to the most active volcanoes. Name that country.
Indonesia
2. The most destructive volcanic event in continental U.S. history took place on May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted in which state?
Washington
3. The tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean in 2004 was caused by a 9.2-magnitude undersea earthquake. It occurred on December 26, which is why it is known in British Commonwealth countries as the BLANK Tsunami. Fill in that two-word blank.
Boxing Day
4. What country is home to most of South America’s volcanoes, and was the site of the strongest earthquake ever recorded, a 1960 quake that registered 9.5 on the Richter scale?
Chile
5. The answer to number one is home to a volcano that produced the loudest sound ever heard in modern history in 1883. Name that volcano.
Krakatoa
Questions for Friday,
December 5, 2025
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Five countries border Argentina. Name as many of those countries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. Liquors are differentiated by the mash used in the distilling process. Scotch uses barley as its main ingredient. What is the main ingredient in bourbon?
3. Louis Armstrong won his only Grammy Award in 1965 for singing the title song from what Broadway musical, starring Carol Channing as a cantankerous matchmaker?
4. The Delmarva Peninsula separates Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean and consists of portions of three states. Name all three.
5. Today is December 5. On this day in 1890, Austrian film director Fritz Lang was born. His magnum opus is what 1927 silent film set in a futuristic city, sharply divided between the working class and its city planners?
2. Corn
4. Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1) Chili, Brazil, Portugal, Uruguay & ???
1 Paraguay, Bolivia
5 Metropolis
3. Hello, Dolly!