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Post by cindra on Jun 14, 2024 9:20:21 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. There are four major tournaments in the tennis Grand Slam. Name as many of those tournaments as you can. 2. What company got its start in 1969 when a man named Michael Kittredge melted down some crayons in his Massachusetts home to create an aromatic Christmas gift for his mother? 3. What is the only movie on IMDb.com whose rating is given out of a total of 11 stars, as opposed to the standard 10? 4. “Motel” is a portmanteau, which is a combination of “hotel” and what other word? 5. Today is June 14. On this day in 1928, what prominent Cuban Revolution figure and South American leader, seen on many t-shirts, was born? 1. French open, wimbledon, us open, Australian open 2. Yankee candle 3. Spinal tap 4. Motor? 5. Che |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jun 14, 2024 10:02:25 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. There are four major tournaments in the tennis Grand Slam. Name as many of those tournaments as you can. 2. What company got its start in 1969 when a man named Michael Kittredge melted down some crayons in his Massachusetts home to create an aromatic Christmas gift for his mother? 3. What is the only movie on IMDb.com whose rating is given out of a total of 11 stars, as opposed to the standard 10? 4. “Motel” is a portmanteau, which is a combination of “hotel” and what other word? 5. Today is June 14. On this day in 1928, what prominent Cuban Revolution figure and South American leader, seen on many t-shirts, was born? 1. Australian, French, U.S. Opens + Wimbledon. 2. Yankee Candle. I only know this because this same question has been used before. 3. Spinal Tap 4. Motor 5. Che |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 14, 2024 11:03:20 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. There are four major tournaments in the tennis Grand Slam. Name as many of those tournaments as you can. 2. What company got its start in 1969 when a man named Michael Kittredge melted down some crayons in his Massachusetts home to create an aromatic Christmas gift for his mother? 3. What is the only movie on IMDb.com whose rating is given out of a total of 11 stars, as opposed to the standard 10? 4. “Motel” is a portmanteau, which is a combination of “hotel” and what other word? 5. Today is June 14. On this day in 1928, what prominent Cuban Revolution figure and South American leader, seen on many t-shirts, was born? 1. Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open 3. This is Spinal Tap--I just checked the voting breakdown to see if the 11 votes are skewing it, but it looks like they just count as 10s 5. Che Guevara |
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Post by mln59 on Jun 17, 2024 8:07:16 GMT -5
Friday's answers:
1. There are four major tournaments in the tennis Grand Slam. Name as many of those tournaments as you can.
Australian Open, Roland Garros (French Open), Wimbledon, U.S. Open
2. What company got its start in 1969 when a man named Michael Kittredge melted down some crayons in his Massachusetts home to create an aromatic Christmas gift for his mother?
Yankee Candle
3. What is the only movie on IMDb.com whose rating is given out of a total of 11 stars, as opposed to the standard 10?
“This Is Spinal Tap”
4. “Motel” is a portmanteau, which is a combination of “hotel” and what other word?
“Motor”
5. Today is June 14. On this day in 1928, what prominent Cuban Revolution figure and South American leader, seen on many t-shirts, was born?
Che Guevara
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Post by mln59 on Jun 17, 2024 8:08:41 GMT -5
Monday's questions:
1. W Magazine labeled the romance between Sabrina Carpenter and what Irish actor as “Music Video Official” when his cameo was revealed in Carpenter’s new music video for “Please Please Please”?
2. In 2020, Kim Ng became the first Asian American and the first woman of any race to be the general manager of an MLB team. What team did she manage until 2023?
3. A statue of what influential Quaker can be found atop Philadelphia’s City Hall?
4. The Mesaba Transportation Company was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1915. In 1929, they changed their name to… what?
5. Of the five youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, three served during the 20th century. Name one of them.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jun 17, 2024 8:13:07 GMT -5
1. I have never heard of Sabrina Carpenter or W Magazine.
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3. Billy Penn
4. 3M?
5. Quayle?
The way I first heard it in the 1980s, there was a law prohibiting any building in the city from being taller than the statue of William Penn ("Billy Penn"). But apparently it wasn't a law so much as just a tradition, and eventually the tradition was broken.
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Post by cindra on Jun 17, 2024 9:34:50 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. W Magazine labeled the romance between Sabrina Carpenter and what Irish actor as “Music Video Official” when his cameo was revealed in Carpenter’s new music video for “Please Please Please”? 2. In 2020, Kim Ng became the first Asian American and the first woman of any race to be the general manager of an MLB team. What team did she manage until 2023? 3. A statue of what influential Quaker can be found atop Philadelphia’s City Hall? 4. The Mesaba Transportation Company was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1915. In 1929, they changed their name to… what? 5. Of the five youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, three served during the 20th century. Name one of them. 1. 2. Marlins 3. Ben Franklin 4. 5. |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jun 17, 2024 12:03:53 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. W Magazine labeled the romance between Sabrina Carpenter and what Irish actor as “Music Video Official” when his cameo was revealed in Carpenter’s new music video for “Please Please Please”? 2. In 2020, Kim Ng became the first Asian American and the first woman of any race to be the general manager of an MLB team. What team did she manage until 2023? 3. A statue of what influential Quaker can be found atop Philadelphia’s City Hall? 4. The Mesaba Transportation Company was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1915. In 1929, they changed their name to… what? 5. Of the five youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, three served during the 20th century. Name one of them. 1. 2. Marlins 3. William Penn 4. Greyhound, I believe 5. Gore, Quayle, and… |
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 17, 2024 12:17:24 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. There are four major tournaments in the tennis Grand Slam. Name as many of those tournaments as you can. 2. What company got its start in 1969 when a man named Michael Kittredge melted down some crayons in his Massachusetts home to create an aromatic Christmas gift for his mother? 3. What is the only movie on IMDb.com whose rating is given out of a total of 11 stars, as opposed to the standard 10? 4. “Motel” is a portmanteau, which is a combination of “hotel” and what other word? 5. Today is June 14. On this day in 1928, what prominent Cuban Revolution figure and South American leader, seen on many t-shirts, was born? 1. Australian open, Roland garros, Wimbledon, us open 5. Che guevara |
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 17, 2024 12:20:15 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. W Magazine labeled the romance between Sabrina Carpenter and what Irish actor as “Music Video Official” when his cameo was revealed in Carpenter’s new music video for “Please Please Please”? 2. In 2020, Kim Ng became the first Asian American and the first woman of any race to be the general manager of an MLB team. What team did she manage until 2023? 3. A statue of what influential Quaker can be found atop Philadelphia’s City Hall? 4. The Mesaba Transportation Company was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1915. In 1929, they changed their name to… what? 5. Of the five youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, three served during the 20th century. Name one of them. 2. Miami Marlins 3. William Penn 4. 3m 5. Dan Quayle |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 17, 2024 15:28:49 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. W Magazine labeled the romance between Sabrina Carpenter and what Irish actor as “Music Video Official” when his cameo was revealed in Carpenter’s new music video for “Please Please Please”? 2. In 2020, Kim Ng became the first Asian American and the first woman of any race to be the general manager of an MLB team. What team did she manage until 2023? 3. A statue of what influential Quaker can be found atop Philadelphia’s City Hall? 4. The Mesaba Transportation Company was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1915. In 1929, they changed their name to… what? 5. Of the five youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, three served during the 20th century. Name one of them. 5. Teddy Roosevelt seems pretty obvious. I'd guess Dan Quayle is one of the others. |
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Post by guest2 on Jun 18, 2024 7:12:27 GMT -5
Nixon was a very young VP
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Post by mln59 on Jun 18, 2024 7:27:14 GMT -5
Monday's answers:
1. W Magazine labeled the romance between Sabrina Carpenter and what Irish actor as “Music Video Official” when his cameo was revealed in Carpenter’s new music video for “Please Please Please”?
Barry Keoghan
2. In 2020, Kim Ng became the first Asian American and the first woman of any race to be the general manager of an MLB team. What team did she manage until 2023?
Miami Marlins
3. A statue of what influential Quaker can be found atop Philadelphia’s City Hall?
William Penn
4. The Mesaba Transportation Company was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1915. In 1929, they changed their name to… what?
Greyhound
5. Of the five youngest vice presidents in U.S. history, three served during the 20th century. Name one of them.
Theodore Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Dan Quayle
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Post by mln59 on Jun 18, 2024 7:29:11 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions:
1. Lieutenant Pete Mitchell is a character from a 1986 movie who is better known to his friends by what nickname?
2. Drum sets are often called “traps” or “trap sets,” especially in jazz circles. In this context, “trap” is short for what longer word?
3. From the Greek for “top of the city,” what ancient ruin is situated on a high hill overlooking the capital of Greece?
4. A 1935 football game marked the debut of a live husky mascot named Jonathan, the first of 15 dogs named after Jonathan Trumbull, the first governor of which state?
5. A 14-year-old lost “Star Search” in 1990, five years before releasing what was, for a time, the best-selling album ever by a Canadian artist. Who is she? You oughta know!
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Post by mikegarrison on Jun 18, 2024 8:07:43 GMT -5
1. Mav
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3. Acropolis
4. Connecticut, maybe?
5. That's pretty ironic, don't you think? Morissette.
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