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Post by bbg95 on Jul 22, 2024 12:21:10 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. “Torus” or “toroid” is the name for a 3D geometric shape that resembles what breakfast item? 2. What metal, if consumed in dangerously large quantities, has been known to turn people’s skin blue? Hint: This condition is known as “argyria.” 3. What entomologically nicknamed mobster — portrayed on film by Warren Beatty in 1991 — was a driving force in the development of the Las Vegas Strip? 4. What team sport — which lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called “chukkas” — was invented in ancient Persia and is nicknamed “The Sport of Kings”? 5. What is the medical term for your tailbone? 4. Polo
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 22, 2024 13:31:26 GMT -5
1. doughnut, bagel, etc. 2. silver? 3. Bugsy Malone Siegel (Bugsy Malone was that kids-as-gangsters movie) 4. 5. coccyx
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Post by coahc21 on Jul 22, 2024 16:37:35 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. “Torus” or “toroid” is the name for a 3D geometric shape that resembles what breakfast item? 2. What metal, if consumed in dangerously large quantities, has been known to turn people’s skin blue? Hint: This condition is known as “argyria.” 3. What entomologically nicknamed mobster — portrayed on film by Warren Beatty in 1991 — was a driving force in the development of the Las Vegas Strip? 4. What team sport — which lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called “chukkas” — was invented in ancient Persia and is nicknamed “The Sport of Kings”? 5. What is the medical term for your tailbone? 1. Bagel 2. 3. Bugsy Segal 4. 5. coccyx
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jul 22, 2024 17:58:16 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. “Torus” or “toroid” is the name for a 3D geometric shape that resembles what breakfast item? 2. What metal, if consumed in dangerously large quantities, has been known to turn people’s skin blue? Hint: This condition is known as “argyria.” 3. What entomologically nicknamed mobster — portrayed on film by Warren Beatty in 1991 — was a driving force in the development of the Las Vegas Strip? 4. What team sport — which lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called “chukkas” — was invented in ancient Persia and is nicknamed “The Sport of Kings”? 5. What is the medical term for your tailbone? 1.Bagel 2. Silver 3. Bugsy Siegel 4. Polo 5. Coccyx
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Post by mln59 on Jul 23, 2024 7:31:48 GMT -5
Monday's answers:
1. “Torus” or “toroid” is the name for a 3D geometric shape that resembles what breakfast item?
Donut (or bagel)
2. What metal, if consumed in dangerously large quantities, has been known to turn people’s skin blue? Hint: This condition is known as “argyria.”
Silver
(“Argent” is an old term for silver)
3. What entomologically nicknamed mobster — portrayed on film by Warren Beatty in 1991 — was a driving force in the development of the Las Vegas Strip?
Bugsy Siegel
4. What team sport — which lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called “chukkas” — was invented in ancient Persia and is nicknamed “The Sport of Kings”?
Polo
5. What is the medical term for your tailbone?
Coccyx
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Post by mln59 on Jul 23, 2024 7:32:18 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions:
1. “Hoppin’ John” is a traditional New Year’s dish eaten in the South to represent frugality and increased wealth in the new year. What legume is the primary ingredient in Hoppin’ John?
2. “A plague on both your houses!” is one of the final lines spoken by which character in “Romeo and Juliet”? Hint: It’s neither Romeo nor Juliet.
3. Among math nerds, November 23 is a day to celebrate what mathematician, who was born in Pisa around 1175?
4. What type of fabric — made with thin ribbons of metallic fiber — is used not only in fashion but also in fencing, because its electrical conductivity allows “touches” to be scored?
5. Mozambique and Angola are two countries in Africa that have which Romance language as an official language?
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Post by Fight On! on Jul 23, 2024 9:09:56 GMT -5
1 - Black-eyed peas 2 - 3 - Fibonacci 4 - 5 - Portuguese
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 23, 2024 10:42:01 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. “Hoppin’ John” is a traditional New Year’s dish eaten in the South to represent frugality and increased wealth in the new year. What legume is the primary ingredient in Hoppin’ John? 2. “A plague on both your houses!” is one of the final lines spoken by which character in “Romeo and Juliet”? Hint: It’s neither Romeo nor Juliet. 3. Among math nerds, November 23 is a day to celebrate what mathematician, who was born in Pisa around 1175? 4. What type of fabric — made with thin ribbons of metallic fiber — is used not only in fashion but also in fencing, because its electrical conductivity allows “touches” to be scored? 5. Mozambique and Angola are two countries in Africa that have which Romance language as an official language? 5. Portuguese
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 23, 2024 10:49:59 GMT -5
1. some kind of bean 2. Mercutio 3. Fibonacci 4. lamé 5. French?
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Post by nowhereman on Jul 23, 2024 13:37:36 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. “Hoppin’ John” is a traditional New Year’s dish eaten in the South to represent frugality and increased wealth in the new year. What legume is the primary ingredient in Hoppin’ John? 2. “A plague on both your houses!” is one of the final lines spoken by which character in “Romeo and Juliet”? Hint: It’s neither Romeo nor Juliet. 3. Among math nerds, November 23 is a day to celebrate what mathematician, who was born in Pisa around 1175? 4. What type of fabric — made with thin ribbons of metallic fiber — is used not only in fashion but also in fencing, because its electrical conductivity allows “touches” to be scored? 5. Mozambique and Angola are two countries in Africa that have which Romance language as an official language? 2. Mercutio 5. Portuguese
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Post by gopherhim on Jul 23, 2024 16:48:15 GMT -5
1. Red beans? 2. Mercutio 3. Fibonacci? (1, 1, 2, 3…) 4. Lamé 5. Portuguese
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Post by cindra on Jul 23, 2024 23:03:34 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. “Torus” or “toroid” is the name for a 3D geometric shape that resembles what breakfast item? 2. What metal, if consumed in dangerously large quantities, has been known to turn people’s skin blue? Hint: This condition is known as “argyria.” 3. What entomologically nicknamed mobster — portrayed on film by Warren Beatty in 1991 — was a driving force in the development of the Las Vegas Strip? 4. What team sport — which lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called “chukkas” — was invented in ancient Persia and is nicknamed “The Sport of Kings”? 5. What is the medical term for your tailbone? 1. donut 2. silver 3. bugsy something or other 4. polo 5. coccyx
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Post by cindra on Jul 23, 2024 23:07:08 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. “Hoppin’ John” is a traditional New Year’s dish eaten in the South to represent frugality and increased wealth in the new year. What legume is the primary ingredient in Hoppin’ John? 2. “A plague on both your houses!” is one of the final lines spoken by which character in “Romeo and Juliet”? Hint: It’s neither Romeo nor Juliet. 3. Among math nerds, November 23 is a day to celebrate what mathematician, who was born in Pisa around 1175? 4. What type of fabric — made with thin ribbons of metallic fiber — is used not only in fashion but also in fencing, because its electrical conductivity allows “touches” to be scored? 5. Mozambique and Angola are two countries in Africa that have which Romance language as an official language? 1. black eyed peas? 2. mercutio 3. 4. chainmail? 5. portuguese
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Post by mln59 on Jul 24, 2024 7:33:51 GMT -5
Tuesday's answers:
1. “Hoppin’ John” is a traditional New Year’s dish eaten in the South to represent frugality and increased wealth in the new year. What legume is the primary ingredient in Hoppin’ John?
Black-eyed peas (cowpeas)
2. “A plague on both your houses!” is one of the final lines spoken by which character in “Romeo and Juliet”? Hint: It’s neither Romeo nor Juliet.
Mercutio
3. Among math nerds, November 23 is a day to celebrate what mathematician, who was born in Pisa around 1175?
Fibonacci
(the Fibonacci sequence begins 1-1-2-3)
4. What type of fabric — made with thin ribbons of metallic fiber — is used not only in fashion but also in fencing, because its electrical conductivity allows “touches” to be scored?
Lamé
5. Mozambique and Angola are two countries in Africa that have which Romance language as an official language?
Portuguese
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Post by mln59 on Jul 24, 2024 7:34:29 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions:
1. Daryl Dragon sang such hits as “Love Will Keep Us Together” as one half of what married musical duo?
2. One of the most famous vomit scenes in movie history was filmed in 1973 using plastic tubing, a hand-cranked pump, and several quarts of pea soup-colored porridge. Name that movie.
3. What river flows through the Grand Canyon?
4. The predecessor to the German carmaker Audi was named Auto Union, because it was the result of a 1932 merger of how many previously existing car manufacturers?
5. The most commonly broken bone in the human body is the collarbone, which is better known among medical professionals by what eight-letter name?
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