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Post by mln59 on Mar 27, 2024 7:26:17 GMT -5
Tuesday's answers:
1. When psychologist Timothy Leary started his experiments with psychedelic drugs in the early 1960s, one of the first intellectuals to join the tests was a beat poet famous for his poem “Howl.” Name him.
Allen Ginsberg
2. François Duvalier, aka “Papa Doc,” was president of what Caribbean nation from 1957 until his death in 1971?
Haiti
3. What nine-letter word — which most likely means “the place where we gather wood for bows” in Munsee — is the name of an island on the East Coast, a city in Kansas, and a beach in California?
Manhattan
4. The baroque German composition “Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Basso Continuo” was written sometime around 1690 by what composer, whose first name was Johann?
Pachelbel
(that’s the full original name of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”)
5. Which of the 12 Olympians was born out of Zeus’ skull, wearing full battle armor?
Athena
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Post by mln59 on Mar 27, 2024 7:26:55 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions:
1. What term for any basic food item found in a fridge or a pantry also doubles for something that keeps your papers together?
2. Two of the 25 best-selling albums of all time, according to the RIAA, are movie soundtracks. One was released in 1977, the other in 1992. Name one.
3. Google’s first acquisition was an archive of a networked distribution system that predated the World Wide Web by a decade. They turned it into Google Groups. What was the original service called?
4. In 1898, an American pharmacist named Caleb Bradham renamed a digestive aid he had invented five years earlier. He had been calling it “Brad’s Drink.” What new name did he give it?
5. In what 2024 remake of a 1989 film does Jake Gyllenhaal play Dalton, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship star who's fallen on tough times in Florida?
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 27, 2024 7:51:23 GMT -5
1. staple 2. Saturday Night Fever for sure, and maybe Lion King? 3. They are talking about the Usenet, but I forget what the archived version was called. 4. Pepto-Bismol? 5. Roadhouse 2. Saturday Night Fever and The Bodyguard 3. Deja News 4. Pepsi-Cola
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Post by cindra on Mar 27, 2024 9:46:49 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions: 1. What term for any basic food item found in a fridge or a pantry also doubles for something that keeps your papers together? 2. Two of the 25 best-selling albums of all time, according to the RIAA, are movie soundtracks. One was released in 1977, the other in 1992. Name one. 3. Google’s first acquisition was an archive of a networked distribution system that predated the World Wide Web by a decade. They turned it into Google Groups. What was the original service called? 4. In 1898, an American pharmacist named Caleb Bradham renamed a digestive aid he had invented five years earlier. He had been calling it “Brad’s Drink.” What new name did he give it? 5. In what 2024 remake of a 1989 film does Jake Gyllenhaal play Dalton, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship star who's fallen on tough times in Florida? 1. staple 2. 3. usenet? 4. pepto bismol 5. road house
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 27, 2024 9:48:45 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions: 1. What term for any basic food item found in a fridge or a pantry also doubles for something that keeps your papers together? 2. Two of the 25 best-selling albums of all time, according to the RIAA, are movie soundtracks. One was released in 1977, the other in 1992. Name one. 3. Google’s first acquisition was an archive of a networked distribution system that predated the World Wide Web by a decade. They turned it into Google Groups. What was the original service called? 4. In 1898, an American pharmacist named Caleb Bradham renamed a digestive aid he had invented five years earlier. He had been calling it “Brad’s Drink.” What new name did he give it? 5. In what 2024 remake of a 1989 film does Jake Gyllenhaal play Dalton, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship star who's fallen on tough times in Florida? 1. Staple 2. Star Wars has to be is the 1977 one I totally forgot about Saturday Night Fever
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Post by Fight On! on Mar 27, 2024 10:13:44 GMT -5
1 - Staple 2 - The Bodyguard 3 - ? 4 - Pepsi-Cola 5 - ?
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Post by nowhereman on Mar 27, 2024 12:34:32 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions: 1. What term for any basic food item found in a fridge or a pantry also doubles for something that keeps your papers together? 2. Two of the 25 best-selling albums of all time, according to the RIAA, are movie soundtracks. One was released in 1977, the other in 1992. Name one. 3. Google’s first acquisition was an archive of a networked distribution system that predated the World Wide Web by a decade. They turned it into Google Groups. What was the original service called? 4. In 1898, an American pharmacist named Caleb Bradham renamed a digestive aid he had invented five years earlier. He had been calling it “Brad’s Drink.” What new name did he give it? 5. In what 2024 remake of a 1989 film does Jake Gyllenhaal play Dalton, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship star who's fallen on tough times in Florida? 2. Star wars
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Post by mln59 on Mar 28, 2024 7:27:14 GMT -5
Wednesday's answers:
1. What term for any basic food item found in a fridge or a pantry also doubles for something that keeps your papers together?
Staple
2. Two of the 25 best-selling albums of all time, according to the RIAA, are movie soundtracks. One was released in 1977, the other in 1992. Name one.
“Saturday Night Fever,” “The Bodyguard”
3. Google’s first acquisition was an archive of a networked distribution system that predated the World Wide Web by a decade. They turned it into Google Groups. What was the original service called?
Usenet
4. In 1898, an American pharmacist named Caleb Bradham renamed a digestive aid he had invented five years earlier. He had been calling it “Brad’s Drink.” What new name did he give it?
Pepsi
5. In what 2024 remake of a 1989 film does Jake Gyllenhaal play Dalton, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship star who's fallen on tough times in Florida?
“Road House”
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Post by mln59 on Mar 28, 2024 7:28:02 GMT -5
Thursday's questions:
Resurrected: Five TV shows that came back after a long hiatus.
1. After seven years off the air, “Arrested Development” came back with a fourth season in 2013 on Netflix. On what network did the show originally appear?
2. What cult drama, which returned for a third season in 2017, was the subject of a 75-issue fanzine published from 1993 to 2005 titled “Wrapped in Plastic”?
3. The cast of “Fuller House” was noticeably missing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The twins haven’t acted together since what 2004 movie, about the hustle-and-bustle of Manhattan?
4. What UPN series was revived in 2014 with a movie that was, at the time, the most successful Kickstarter-funded project in that website’s history?
5. “Gilmore Girls” returned on Netflix 10 years after it was canceled. The show is set in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, located in what New England state?
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 28, 2024 9:45:02 GMT -5
TV shows are not my forte.
1. 2. Dexter? My parents liked that show. 3. 4. 5.
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Post by nowhereman on Mar 28, 2024 12:09:48 GMT -5
Thursday's questions: Resurrected: Five TV shows that came back after a long hiatus. 1. After seven years off the air, “Arrested Development” came back with a fourth season in 2013 on Netflix. On what network did the show originally appear? 2. What cult drama, which returned for a third season in 2017, was the subject of a 75-issue fanzine published from 1993 to 2005 titled “Wrapped in Plastic”? 3. The cast of “Fuller House” was noticeably missing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The twins haven’t acted together since what 2004 movie, about the hustle-and-bustle of Manhattan? 4. What UPN series was revived in 2014 with a movie that was, at the time, the most successful Kickstarter-funded project in that website’s history? 5. “Gilmore Girls” returned on Netflix 10 years after it was canceled. The show is set in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, located in what New England state? 5. New hampshire
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 28, 2024 12:15:17 GMT -5
Thursday's questions: Resurrected: Five TV shows that came back after a long hiatus. 1. After seven years off the air, “Arrested Development” came back with a fourth season in 2013 on Netflix. On what network did the show originally appear? 2. What cult drama, which returned for a third season in 2017, was the subject of a 75-issue fanzine published from 1993 to 2005 titled “Wrapped in Plastic”? 3. The cast of “Fuller House” was noticeably missing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The twins haven’t acted together since what 2004 movie, about the hustle-and-bustle of Manhattan? 4. What UPN series was revived in 2014 with a movie that was, at the time, the most successful Kickstarter-funded project in that website’s history? 5. “Gilmore Girls” returned on Netflix 10 years after it was canceled. The show is set in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, located in what New England state? 1. Fox 2. 3. I'm ashamed to admit I know the answer to this: "New York Minute." 4. 5. Connecticut, I think.
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 28, 2024 14:31:14 GMT -5
Thursday's questions: Resurrected: Five TV shows that came back after a long hiatus. 1. After seven years off the air, “Arrested Development” came back with a fourth season in 2013 on Netflix. On what network did the show originally appear? 2. What cult drama, which returned for a third season in 2017, was the subject of a 75-issue fanzine published from 1993 to 2005 titled “Wrapped in Plastic”? 3. The cast of “Fuller House” was noticeably missing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The twins haven’t acted together since what 2004 movie, about the hustle-and-bustle of Manhattan? 4. What UPN series was revived in 2014 with a movie that was, at the time, the most successful Kickstarter-funded project in that website’s history? 5. “Gilmore Girls” returned on Netflix 10 years after it was canceled. The show is set in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, located in what New England state? 1. Fox 5. Connecticut
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Post by mln59 on Mar 29, 2024 8:03:07 GMT -5
Thursday's answers:
1. After seven years off the air, “Arrested Development” came back with a fourth season in 2013 on Netflix. On what network did the show originally appear?
Fox
2. What cult drama, which returned for a third season in 2017, was the subject of a 75-issue fanzine published from 1993 to 2005 titled “Wrapped in Plastic”?
“Twin Peaks”
3. The cast of “Fuller House” was noticeably missing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The twins haven’t acted together since what 2004 movie, about the hustle-and-bustle of Manhattan?
“New York Minute”
4. What UPN series was revived in 2014 with a movie that was, at the time, the most successful Kickstarter-funded project in that website’s history?
“Veronica Mars”
5. “Gilmore Girls” returned on Netflix 10 years after it was canceled. The show is set in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, located in what New England state?
Connecticut
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Post by mln59 on Mar 29, 2024 8:03:59 GMT -5
Friday's questions:
1. The first six digits of pi are 3.14159. Name as many of the next six digits of pi (in order!) as you can.
2. What former governor of Illinois, reality show contestant, and front man of the Elvis-inspired prison band “the Jailhouse Rockers” returned to his Chicago home from prison in early 2020?
3. If your name is Aaron, chances are people started calling you “A-A-ron” back in 2012, all thanks to what TV sketch series?
4. The last two letters of a capital city's name are also the U.S. postal abbreviation for the state of which it is the capital. What is that postal abbreviation?
5. Today is March 29. On this day in 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage for turning over U.S. military secrets to whom?
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