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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 5, 2024 15:45:53 GMT -5
1. I assume the Milton Bradley version? They are the battleship(4), the aircraft carrier(5), and the submarine(3). However, there is also another 3 ship and a 2 ship, and the names for those have changed over the years. Sometimes cruiser, sometimes destroyer, sometimes PT or patrol boat. So it depends on which version. 2. Dan Brown 3. Watson 4. black holes are not particularly mysterious, but since they have event horizons, that's probably the answer 5. Federer?
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Post by cindra on Jul 5, 2024 15:50:41 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. There are five types of ships you must sink to win a game of Battleship. Name as many of those ships as you can. 2. “Symbology” is a made-up academic discipline studied by Robert Langdon in “The Da Vinci Code.” Who wrote that book? 3. In a 2012 CBS series, Lucy Liu began appearing in a role that has, for the most part, been depicted as a man since the character’s 1887 debut. What is that character's surname? 4. An “event horizon” is known in astrophysics as the boundary of what mysterious cosmic object that shares a name with a 1995 graphic novel by Charles Burns? 5. Today is July 5. On this day in 2009, what tennis player won a record-setting 15th Grand Slam singles title as he defeated Andy Roddick at the Wimbledon Championships? 1. sub, carrier, battleship, frigate, small boat? 2. dan brown 3. sherlock holmes? 4. black hole 5. federer
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Post by mln59 on Jul 8, 2024 8:03:15 GMT -5
Friday's answers:
1. There are five types of ships you must sink to win a game of Battleship. Name as many of those ships as you can.
Battleship, Carrier, Cruiser (or Patrol Boat), Destroyer, Submarine
2. “Symbology” is a made-up academic discipline studied by Robert Langdon in “The Da Vinci Code.” Who wrote that book?
Dan Brown
3. In a 2012 CBS series, Lucy Liu began appearing in a role that has, for the most part, been depicted as a man since the character’s 1887 debut. What is that character's surname?
Watson
(“Elementary”)
4. An “event horizon” is known in astrophysics as the boundary of what mysterious cosmic object that shares a name with a 1995 graphic novel by Charles Burns?
Black hole
5. Today is July 5. On this day in 2009, what tennis player won a record-setting 15th Grand Slam singles title as he defeated Andy Roddick at the Wimbledon Championships?
Roger Federer
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Post by mln59 on Jul 8, 2024 8:04:03 GMT -5
Monday's questions:
1. Temple University, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University are all located in what East Coast metropolitan area?
2. In 1985, “The Words of Gandhi” won the Grammy award for “Best Spoken Word Album.” It was read by the same actor who won the “Best Actor” Oscar for playing Gandhi three years earlier. Name that actor.
3. What nine-letter synonym for “rookie” comes from an obsolete British slang term used by farmers to describe young livestock?
4. Gregory Jacobs was a rapper and producer who went by the name Shock G, but you might know him better as Humpty Hump. What group did he form in 1987?
5. The world's deepest lake is also the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume, and the world’s oldest lake. Name that lake.
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Post by gopherhim on Jul 8, 2024 8:29:52 GMT -5
1. Philadelphia 2. Ben Kingsley 3. 4. 5. Lake Baikal
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Post by coahc21 on Jul 8, 2024 8:56:14 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. Temple University, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University are all located in what East Coast metropolitan area? 2. In 1985, “The Words of Gandhi” won the Grammy award for “Best Spoken Word Album.” It was read by the same actor who won the “Best Actor” Oscar for playing Gandhi three years earlier. Name that actor. 3. What nine-letter synonym for “rookie” comes from an obsolete British slang term used by farmers to describe young livestock? 4. Gregory Jacobs was a rapper and producer who went by the name Shock G, but you might know him better as Humpty Hump. What group did he form in 1987? 5. The world's deepest lake is also the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume, and the world’s oldest lake. Name that lake. 1. Philly 2. Ben Kingsley 3. Tenderfoot 4. 5. Bakal
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Post by cindra on Jul 8, 2024 10:01:25 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. Temple University, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University are all located in what East Coast metropolitan area? 2. In 1985, “The Words of Gandhi” won the Grammy award for “Best Spoken Word Album.” It was read by the same actor who won the “Best Actor” Oscar for playing Gandhi three years earlier. Name that actor. 3. What nine-letter synonym for “rookie” comes from an obsolete British slang term used by farmers to describe young livestock? 4. Gregory Jacobs was a rapper and producer who went by the name Shock G, but you might know him better as Humpty Hump. What group did he form in 1987? 5. The world's deepest lake is also the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume, and the world’s oldest lake. Name that lake. 1. philly 2. ben kingsley 3. 4. 5. baikal
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Post by nowhereman on Jul 8, 2024 10:59:12 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. Temple University, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University are all located in what East Coast metropolitan area? 2. In 1985, “The Words of Gandhi” won the Grammy award for “Best Spoken Word Album.” It was read by the same actor who won the “Best Actor” Oscar for playing Gandhi three years earlier. Name that actor. 3. What nine-letter synonym for “rookie” comes from an obsolete British slang term used by farmers to describe young livestock? 4. Gregory Jacobs was a rapper and producer who went by the name Shock G, but you might know him better as Humpty Hump. What group did he form in 1987? 5. The world's deepest lake is also the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume, and the world’s oldest lake. Name that lake. 1. Philadelphia 5. Lake Baikal
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 8, 2024 12:21:09 GMT -5
1. Philly 2. Ben Kingsley 3. 4. 5.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 8, 2024 13:50:58 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. There are five types of ships you must sink to win a game of Battleship. Name as many of those ships as you can. 2. “Symbology” is a made-up academic discipline studied by Robert Langdon in “The Da Vinci Code.” Who wrote that book? 3. In a 2012 CBS series, Lucy Liu began appearing in a role that has, for the most part, been depicted as a man since the character’s 1887 debut. What is that character's surname? 4. An “event horizon” is known in astrophysics as the boundary of what mysterious cosmic object that shares a name with a 1995 graphic novel by Charles Burns? 5. Today is July 5. On this day in 2009, what tennis player won a record-setting 15th Grand Slam singles title as he defeated Andy Roddick at the Wimbledon Championships? 1. Battleship, carrier, submarine, destroyer, cruiser 2. Dan Brown 3. (Joan) Watson--Elementary is a very good show for a network procedural 4. Black hole 5. Roger Federer
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 8, 2024 14:01:38 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. Temple University, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University are all located in what East Coast metropolitan area? 2. In 1985, “The Words of Gandhi” won the Grammy award for “Best Spoken Word Album.” It was read by the same actor who won the “Best Actor” Oscar for playing Gandhi three years earlier. Name that actor. 3. What nine-letter synonym for “rookie” comes from an obsolete British slang term used by farmers to describe young livestock? 4. Gregory Jacobs was a rapper and producer who went by the name Shock G, but you might know him better as Humpty Hump. What group did he form in 1987? 5. The world's deepest lake is also the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume, and the world’s oldest lake. Name that lake. 1. Philadelphia 3. Greenhorn? 5. Lake Baikal
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Post by mln59 on Jul 9, 2024 7:27:46 GMT -5
Monday's answers:
1. Temple University, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University are all located in what East Coast metropolitan area?
Philadelphia
2. In 1985, “The Words of Gandhi” won the Grammy award for “Best Spoken Word Album.” It was read by the same actor who won the “Best Actor” Oscar for playing Gandhi three years earlier. Name that actor.
Ben Kingsley
3. What nine-letter synonym for “rookie” comes from an obsolete British slang term used by farmers to describe young livestock?
“Greenhorn”
4. Gregory Jacobs was a rapper and producer who went by the name Shock G, but you might know him better as Humpty Hump. What group did he form in 1987?
Digital Underground
5. The world's deepest lake is also the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume, and the world’s oldest lake. Name that lake.
Lake Baikal
(in Russia)
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Post by mln59 on Jul 9, 2024 7:28:20 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions:
1. “That’s hot” is a formerly trademarked phrase that belonged to what hotel heir?
2. The most famous Greek temple still standing today is probably the Parthenon in Athens. It was a temple dedicated to what Greek deity?
3. Which U.S. state is the birthplace of such legendary musicians as Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder?
4. The song generally known as “The Charlie Brown Theme Song” is actually named after which two “Peanuts” characters?
5. There is a pizza in Italy called the “four seasons pizza,” because it is divided into quadrants, each with an ingredient representing one of the seasons. Spring is typically represented by what vegetable, which is actually the unopened flower bud of a thistle plant?
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Post by gopherhim on Jul 9, 2024 7:38:38 GMT -5
1. Paris Hilton. That’s funny. I didn’t know that lol 2. Athena if Athens is a clue? 3. Michigan 4. Linus and Lucy 5. Artichoke
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Post by coahc21 on Jul 9, 2024 8:32:11 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. “That’s hot” is a formerly trademarked phrase that belonged to what hotel heir? 2. The most famous Greek temple still standing today is probably the Parthenon in Athens. It was a temple dedicated to what Greek deity? 3. Which U.S. state is the birthplace of such legendary musicians as Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder? 4. The song generally known as “The Charlie Brown Theme Song” is actually named after which two “Peanuts” characters? 5. There is a pizza in Italy called the “four seasons pizza,” because it is divided into quadrants, each with an ingredient representing one of the seasons. Spring is typically represented by what vegetable, which is actually the unopened flower bud of a thistle plant? 1. Paris Hilton 2. Zeus 3. Michigan 4. Lucy and Linus 5. Basil
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