3. Astrakhan
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. Eddard “Ned” Stark
Quote: The Rube3. Astrakhan
Would have bet the farm on you knowing this. 😎
“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 4, 2026
1. “Daze of My Youth” and “A Bustle in Your Hedgerow” are two chapters from “When Giants Walked the Earth,” a biography about what band?
Led Zeppelin
(they’re taken from Led Zeppelin lyrics)
2. Robert Aramayo won two BAFTAs for “I Swear,” and has played younger versions of both Elrond from “Lord of the Rings” and what doomed “Game of Thrones” character?
Ned Stark
3. What city in southern Russia is known as the “capital of Russian caviar,” and also lends its name to a type of cloth whose pile resembles the curly wool of lambs from the area?
Astrakhan
4. A barefoot, boxer shorts-wearing former Coast Guard member fights for survival in an underground gauntlet alongside his ex’s cat, Princess Donut, in what series of books by Matt Dinniman, soon to become a live-action series on Peacock?
“Dungeon Crawler Carl”
5. Up until Mark Cuban threatened to quit, what show used to require 5 percent equity in any company it promoted?
“Shark Tank”
Questions for
Theme Thursday, November 5, 2026
Reimagined Movies: This round is about movies that are based on previous movies, but aren’t exactly remakes or sequels. They’re reimaginings.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The 2004 reimagining of “Dirty Dancing” moves the story from the Catskills to Cuba, and stars Diego Luna with a brief cameo by Patrick Swayze. What was its subtitle?
2. John Sturges reimagined his favorite Akira Kurosawa movie in 1960, swapping out the samurai for gunslingers. Name that John Sturges movie.
3. Taraji P. Henson starred in what 2019 gender-swapped reimagining of a 2000 Nancy Meyers movie?
4. The 1937 play “Parfumerie” is about a pair of co-workers who despise one another, only to accidentally fall in love when they begin to exchange anonymous letters. It was made into a movie in 1940 under the title “The Shop Around the Corner.” What 1998 rom-com reimagined it for the digital age?
5. Martin Scorsese finally won his first Best Director Oscar for a 2006 reimagining of a Hong Kong cop drama called “Infernal Affairs.” What was the Americanized version called?
2. "The Magnificent Seven"
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
4. You've Got Mail
5. The Departed
“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. Havana Nights
3. What Men Want