4) Bad Feminist. An absolutely hilarious book that packs a punch.
Dorothy: Who’s that?
Scarecrow: A man with an axe and a can of lube. I’ll ask if he wants to join us.
Answers to Wednesday,
February 25, 2026
1. Benjamin from the books of Beatrix Potter, Bongo from “Life in Hell” comics, and Buster from the “Arthur” books are all fictional examples of what kind of animal?
Rabbits
2. What religious movement was founded in the mid-17th century by a man named George Fox, who told his followers to “tremble at the word of the Lord”?
Quakers (or Religious Society of Friends)
3. The inspiration for famous works by Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and others, what early 19th-century violinist was so virtuosic that legend has it he sold his soul to the devil for his musical skills?
Niccolò Paganini
4. Wanting to be independent yet craving someone to come home to, loving the color pink, and enjoying music that contains misogynistic lyrics are topics Roxane Gay explores in what 2014 collection of essays?
“Bad Feminist”
5. “The Incredibles” tells the story of a family of superheroes whose surname, pointedly, sounds like a word that means “normal.” What is their surname?
Parr
Questions for
Theme Thursday, February 26, 2026
A Smooth Finish: Cheers! This round, all answers will finish, like a good toast, with a sip of beer. Example: As the ship's chief engineer, Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott was in charge of beaming people onto and away from the U.S.S. Enterprise using what piece of equipment? Answer: Teleporter (noting that word ends in "porter," which is a type of beer).
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. The 2022 song “Levitating” broke the record for longest-charting song by a female artist in Billboard history. What British singer-songwriter is responsible for that song?
2. A representative character from “Animal Crossing” in “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” shares its generic name with a minivan produced by Mercury between 1992 and 2002. What is that name?
3. FIFO is a form of inventory accounting in which the oldest items are next in line to be sold. What does "FIFO" stand for?
4. The string quartet is the most popular form of what style of classical music, composed for small groups rather than large orchestras?
5. Tito Puente, composer of the song “Oye Como Va,” was considered the “King” of what type of Latin American drum?
3. First in, first out
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
1 Dua Lipa
4. Chamber
5. Timbales
2. Villager
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 Dua Lipa
This may be only funny to me but I call her Dual IPA in my head all the time. I knew this answer immediately because of that.
1 Dua Lipa
This may be only funny to me but I call her Dual IPA in my head all the time. I knew this answer immediately because of that.
I call her that too! 😂
I work in a pharmacy and there’s a drug called carbidopa levidopa. I always call it carbidopa Dua Lipa.
Answers to Thursday,
February 26, 2026
A Smooth Finish: Cheers! This round, all answers will finish, like a good toast, with a sip of beer. Example: As the ship's chief engineer, Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott was in charge of beaming people onto and away from the U.S.S. Enterprise using what piece of equipment? Answer: Teleporter (noting that word ends in "porter," which is a type of beer).
1. The 2022 song “Levitating” broke the record for longest-charting song by a female artist in Billboard history. What British singer-songwriter is responsible for that song?
Dua Lipa
(IPA)
2. A representative character from “Animal Crossing” in “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” shares its generic name with a minivan produced by Mercury between 1992 and 2002. What is that name?
Villager
(Lager)
3. FIFO is a form of inventory accounting in which the oldest items are next in line to be sold. What does "FIFO" stand for?
First in, first out
(Stout)
4. The string quartet is the most popular form of what style of classical music, composed for small groups rather than large orchestras?
Chamber
(Amber)
5. Tito Puente, composer of the song “Oye Como Va,” was considered the “King” of what type of Latin American drum?
Timbales
(Ales)
Questions for Friday,
February 27, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: The six teams that made up the NHL between 1942 and the league’s expansion in 1967 are known as the “Original Six.” Name as many of those six still-playing teams as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. Wax, thread, and products containing calcium thioglycolate can all be used for depilation. That’s a fancy word for the removal of… what?
3. “They got the tiny details to food really right, down to the barely noticeable pink burns on one of the character's forearms. I really thought it captured a passionate love of food in a way that very few other films have.” That’s Anthony Bourdain describing what 2007 movie?
4. For most of the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Castile comprised much of the land of what modern-day country?
5. Today is February 27. February 26, 1928, was the birth date of what late New Orleans musician, whose piano-driven hits “Ain’t That a Shame” and “Blueberry Hill” led Elvis Presley to call him “the real king of rock and roll”?
2. Hair
4. Spain
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
3. Ratatouille
5. Fats Domino
NY Rangers, Boston Bruins, Detroit RedWings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadians, Chicago Blackhawks
NY Rangers, Boston Bruins, Detroit RedWings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
Do I only get 5 points then?NY Rangers, Boston Bruins, Detroit RedWings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks
I'd give ya 6, but Montreal fans... not so sure.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
Answers to Friday, February 27, 2026
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: The six teams that made up the NHL between 1942 and the league’s expansion in 1967 are known as the “Original Six.” Name as many of those six still-playing teams as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs
(if you loved that question, make sure to check out our Hockey theme nights, all month long!)
2. Wax, thread, and products containing calcium thioglycolate can all be used for depilation. That’s a fancy word for the removal of… what?
Hair
3. “They got the tiny details to food really right, down to the barely noticeable pink burns on one of the character's forearms. I really thought it captured a passionate love of food in a way that very few other films have.” That’s Anthony Bourdain describing what 2007 movie?
“Ratatouille”
4. For most of the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Castile comprised much of the land of what modern-day country?
Spain
5. Today is February 27. February 26, 1928, was the birth date of what late New Orleans musician, whose piano-driven hits “Ain’t That a Shame” and “Blueberry Hill” led Elvis Presley to call him “the real king of rock and roll”?
Fats Domino
Questions for
Monday, March 2, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Ten years after he first made mashed potatoes with Martha Stewart on TV, what rapper published the 2018 cookbook “From Crook to Cook”?
2. Mineral springs near the German town of Selters are thought to be the namesake of what popular cocktail ingredient?
3. “Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong.” So begins what classic 1930 children’s book that encourages determination and perseverance?
4. “El Tráfico” is the nickname for the rivalry between Los Angeles FC and which other MLS club, founded 20 years before LAFC?
5. Andra Day plays the titular jazz singer who was the subject of a federal sting operation in the 2021 film “The United States vs.” …whom?
1. Snoop D-O-Double-G. 😉
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. Seltzer ??
3. The Little Engine That Could
“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. Seltzer water
3. The Little Engine that Could
4. LA Galaxy
Answers to Monday,
March 2, 2026
1. Ten years after he first made mashed potatoes with Martha Stewart on TV, what rapper published the 2018 cookbook “From Crook to Cook”?
Snoop Dogg
2. Mineral springs near the German town of Selters are thought to be the namesake of what popular cocktail ingredient?
Seltzer
3. “Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong.” So begins what classic 1930 children’s book that encourages determination and perseverance?
“The Little Engine That Could”
4. “El Tráfico” is the nickname for the rivalry between Los Angeles FC and which other MLS club, founded 20 years before LAFC?
(LA) Galaxy
5. Andra Day plays the titular jazz singer who was the subject of a federal sting operation in the 2021 film “The United States vs.” …whom?
Billie Holiday
Questions for
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. By collection size, the largest museum in North America dedicated to a single artist is located in Pittsburgh. What artist is it dedicated to?
2. Guadalajara is the most populous city in which Mexican state, whose name comes from a Nahuatl term meaning “sandy surface”?
3. Japanese athletes Kira Kimura, Ryoma Kimata, and Kokomo Murase were among the Olympic medalists this year in what sport, which made its debut at the 1998 games in Nagano?
4. What American musical genre takes its name from a species of plant whose scientific name is Poa pratensis?
5. A 2019 single by K-pop group WJSN tops the Korean real-time charts every morning on New Year’s Day, due to the belief that the first song one listens to in the new year will determine your luck for that year. What’s the three-word title of that song, also a phrase commonly uttered by Westley the farm boy in “The Princess Bride”?
3. Snowboarding
“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. Andy Warhol
4. Bluegrass
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
5 As you wish
2. Jalisco
Answers to Tuesday,
March 3, 2026
1. By collection size, the largest museum in North America dedicated to a single artist is located in Pittsburgh. What artist is it dedicated to?
Andy Warhol
2. Guadalajara is the most populous city in which Mexican state, whose name comes from a Nahuatl term meaning “sandy surface”?
Jalisco
3. Japanese athletes Kira Kimura, Ryoma Kimata, and Kokomo Murase were among the Olympic medalists this year in what sport, which made its debut at the 1998 games in Nagano?
Snowboarding
4. What American musical genre takes its name from a species of plant whose scientific name is Poa pratensis?
Bluegrass
5. A 2019 single by K-pop group WJSN tops the Korean real-time charts every morning on New Year’s Day, due to the belief that the first song one listens to in the new year will determine your luck for that year. What’s the three-word title of that song, also a phrase commonly uttered by Westley the farm boy in “The Princess Bride”?
“As You Wish”
Questions for
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What was the name of the little trash-talking marionette voiced by Chris Rock in Nike ads, an alter-ego of an Orlando Magic NBA All-Star in the ’90s?
2. Tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants all belong to what family of plants, whose name is also used for one of its most toxic members?
3. The 1964 film “My Fair Lady” is based on a George Bernard Shaw play. The play shares its name with a sculptor from Greek myth who falls in love with his statue. Name that sculptor!
4. What is the stage name of Georgia’s Warren Mathis, the country rap artist who earned a Top 20 hit with Timbaland in 2001 with “Ugly”?
5. Ketchup is a decent source of what carotenoid, which is prized for its antioxidant properties and is often used as a natural red food coloring?
1. Lil' Penny
4. Bubba Sparxxx
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. Nightshade
5. Lycopene
3. Pygmalion
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Answers to Wednesday,
March 4, 2026
1. What was the name of the little trash-talking marionette voiced by Chris Rock in Nike ads, an alter-ego of an Orlando Magic NBA All-Star in the ’90s?
Lil’ Penny (Hardaway)
2. Tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants all belong to what family of plants, whose name is also used for one of its most toxic members?
Nightshade (Solanaceae)
3. The 1964 film “My Fair Lady” is based on a George Bernard Shaw play. The play shares its name with a sculptor from Greek myth who falls in love with his statue. Name that sculptor!
Pygmalion
4. What is the stage name of Georgia’s Warren Mathis, the country rap artist who earned a Top 20 hit with Timbaland in 2001 with “Ugly”?
Bubba Sparxxx
5. Ketchup is a decent source of what carotenoid, which is prized for its antioxidant properties and is often used as a natural red food coloring?
Lycopene
Questions for
Theme Thursday, March 5, 2026
N-E-P-O, Babies: All the answers in this round will contain the letters “N-E-P-O,” in that order but not necessarily together. For example: What Rhode Island city lent its name to a brand of cigarettes and a folk festival? Answer: Newport.
Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Director Terry Gilliam, actors James Hong and Yara Shahidi, and basketball player Kris Humphries were all born in what city?
2. Mad cow disease causes a spongiform type of what brain disorder, whose 14-letter name comes from the Greek for “brain suffering”?
3. What set of covert and illegal projects carried out by the FBI from the ’50s to the ’70s targeted such groups as the Black Panthers, the Nation of Islam, the American Indian Movement, and the Communist Party of America?
4. Paul Krause is the all-time NFL leader in this statistic. In 2025, the annual leader was Kevin Byard. Name that stat!
5. What adjective can apply to a province of Italy, and thereby a style of ice cream, pizza, and ragù?
2. Encephalopathy
4. Interceptions
1. Minneapolis
3. Cointelpro
5. Neapolitan
Answers to Thursday,
March 5, 2026
N-E-P-O, Babies: All the answers in this round will contain the letters “N-E-P-O,” in that order but not necessarily together. For example: What Rhode Island city lent its name to a brand of cigarettes and a folk festival? Answer: Newport.
1. Director Terry Gilliam, actors James Hong and Yara Shahidi, and basketball player Kris Humphries were all born in what city?
Minneapolis (Minnesota)
2. Mad cow disease causes a spongiform type of what brain disorder, whose 14-letter name comes from the Greek for “brain suffering”?
Encephalopathy
3. What set of covert and illegal projects carried out by the FBI from the ’50s to the ’70s targeted such groups as the Black Panthers, the Nation of Islam, the American Indian Movement, and the Communist Party of America?
Cointelpro
4. Paul Krause is the all-time NFL leader in this statistic. In 2025, the annual leader was Kevin Byard. Name that stat!
Interceptions
5. What adjective can apply to a province of Italy, and thereby a style of ice cream, pizza, and ragù?
Neapolitan
Questions for
Friday, March 6, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: After Oceania, the continent that has been the setting for the most seasons of “Survivor” is Asia. Name as many of the five Asian countries that have hosted a season of “Survivor” as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
2. What beer, made by Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo, is named after the king of the fairies from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream”?
3. Both the shortest and tallest players in the NBA in 1987 played for the Washington Bullets. The shortest was Muggsy Bogues at 5'3". The tallest was what 7'7" native of Sudan?
4. The state fruit of Idaho shares its name with a blue cartoon dog and a 13-year-old Missouri boy taken in by the Widow Douglas. What is it?
5. Today is March 6. On this day in 1899, German company Bayer patented a drug commonly found in household medicine cabinets. Name that over-the-counter drug, also known as acetylsalicylic acid.
3. Manute Bol
5. Aspirin
“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. Huckleberry
Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard.
2. Oberon?
1) Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia
I think they did Cambodia twice, are they counting those separately?
Dorothy: Who’s that?
Scarecrow: A man with an axe and a can of lube. I’ll ask if he wants to join us.
Answers to Friday, March 6, 2026
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: After Oceania, the continent that has been the setting for the most seasons of “Survivor” is Asia. Name as many of the five Asian countries that have hosted a season of “Survivor” as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.
Cambodia, China, Malaysia, The Philippines, Thailand
(and check out our “Survivor” theme nights, all month long!)
2. What beer, made by Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo, is named after the king of the fairies from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream”?
Oberon
3. Both the shortest and tallest players in the NBA in 1987 played for the Washington Bullets. The shortest was Muggsy Bogues at 5'3". The tallest was what 7'7" native of Sudan?
Manute Bol
4. The state fruit of Idaho shares its name with a blue cartoon dog and a 13-year-old Missouri boy taken in by the Widow Douglas. What is it?
Huckleberry
(Huckleberry Hound, Huckleberry Finn)
5. Today is March 6. On this day in 1899, German company Bayer patented a drug commonly found in household medicine cabinets. Name that over-the-counter drug, also known as acetylsalicylic acid.
Aspirin
Questions for
Monday, March 9, 2026
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. "Strike Force Bandit" was the name of a New South Wales police investigation that revolved around Royal Australian Mint coins that featured characters from what lovable TV series?
2. Daffodils and jonquils are members of what genus of flower, which takes its name from a beauty-obsessed figure in Greek mythology?
3. What classic rock band recently kicked off their Final Frontier tour, after which they will be going their separate ways at the end of 2026?
4. Becoming "Where My Home Is" and "Lightning Over the Tatras," like the country, what former European nation split its national anthem in half when it became two separate countries in 1992?
5. The newest “Star Trek” series follows cadets at the United Federation of Planets school known by what name?