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Post by bbg95 on Aug 2, 2024 9:27:49 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. William Shakespeare wrote six tragic plays set in Italy. Name as many of those tragedies (as classified by the Royal Shakespeare Company) as you can. 2. August is National Goat Cheese Month. How do you say “goat” in French? 3. Owen Wilson played one in a 2006 movie. You might have played as one the last time you played Monopoly. What is it? 4. Known as the father of genetics, what monk and biologist discovered through his experiments with different pea plants that genes passed down could be recessive or dominant? 5. Today is August 2. On this day in 1992, American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first person to win the gold medal in what event in consecutive Summer Olympic Games? 1. Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Othello...I think those are all in Italy--no idea on the others 3. Racecar 4. Mendel 5. Heptathlon-Jackie is still the world record holder in part because she was also a gold medal-level (she won both in Seoul) long jumper
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Post by gopherhim on Aug 2, 2024 9:43:02 GMT -5
1. Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, ??, ?? 2. Chevre 3. A terrier? 4. Mendel 5. I know it's track and field. 400 m?
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Post by gopherhim on Aug 2, 2024 9:53:07 GMT -5
1. Ryan Reynolds 2. Colt 45 5. Kid n Play Ha, I always confuse those two guys and it was totally lost on me that Ryan Reynolds didn't fit the theme. I get them mixed up almost every time!! It's like it's pathological and I'll never learn. I had this exchange recently... Me: "Romantic comedies aren't my thing, but The Fall Guy was decent. Ryan Reynolds is charming in it." Friend: "Wait, Ryan Reynolds is in Fall Guy?" Me: "Umm yes? He's the lead duh???"
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Post by gotonemos on Aug 2, 2024 10:27:58 GMT -5
Ha, I always confuse those two guys and it was totally lost on me that Ryan Reynolds didn't fit the theme. I get them mixed up almost every time!! It's like it's pathological and I'll never learn. I had this exchange recently... Me: "Romantic comedies aren't my thing, but The Fall Guy was decent. Ryan Reynolds is charming in it." Friend: "Wait, Ryan Reynolds is in Fall Guy?" Me: "Umm yes? He's the lead duh???" Seriously. I looked him up and apparently he took a little break for a few years. Now I could be mixing them up again, but I'm pretty sure it's Ryan Reynolds that I hear doing Mint Mobile commercials at the beginning of a bunch of podcasts.
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Post by gotonemos on Aug 2, 2024 10:35:58 GMT -5
1. Let's see. Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Anthony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, ..., oh, Julius Caesar. Interesting. I hadn't thought about how all of the tragedies are titled with a person's name. Obviously all of the history plays are. In the comedies, there are three: Cymbeline, Troilus and Cressida, and Pericles.
2. Leon Marchand?
3. Cars
4. Mendel
5. Heptathlon
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Post by nowhereman on Aug 2, 2024 10:40:00 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. Roughly 60 percent of the world’s geysers are located in what country? 2. The Zombies’ classic song “A Rose For Emily” is a retelling of a short story with the same name, written in 1930 by what Nobel Prize-winning author? 3. The dwarf leopard can be found as far south as Argentina and as far north as Texas. What is its more common six-letter name? 4. A Snapple bottle cap once claimed that Hawai'i has its own time zone. But that time zone also contains the Aleutian Islands, which are located in what state? 5. Rum may have been the drink of choice on U.K. ships, but it’s not the U.K.’s most-shipped drink. What liquor accounts for more than one-fifth of the country’s annual food and beverage exports? 1. United states
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 2, 2024 17:36:33 GMT -5
1. Tragedies only, huh? Romeo and Juliet. Othello. Julius Caesar. Anthony and Cleopatra (partially set in Egypt). Two more? Hmm. 2. chèvre 3. A car, maybe? I used to play as the car in Monopoly. The other icons I remember are a howitzer, a top hat, and a dog. 4. Mendel 5. heptathlon?
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 2, 2024 17:38:19 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure it's Ryan Reynolds that I hear doing Mint Mobile commercials at the beginning of a bunch of podcasts. Ryan Reynolds owns Mint Mobile. Or at least, partially owns it. (edit: OK, no, he used to be 20-25% owner of it, but they sold themselves to T-Mobile a couple months ago. Mint has always used T-Mobile infrastructure. They bought a certain amount of bandwidth from T-Mobile that they then resold to individuals. I have Mint, now that I finally got a smart phone after I retired. Your service is on T-Mobile, but in exchange for a lower cost, you can get out-prioritized by regular T-Mobile customers. Perfectly fine for someone who hardly every uses his phone, like me.)
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Post by mln59 on Aug 5, 2024 8:04:10 GMT -5
Friday's answers:
1. William Shakespeare wrote six tragic plays set in Italy. Name as many of those tragedies (as classified by the Royal Shakespeare Company) as you can.
“Coriolanus,” “Cymbeline,” “Julius Caesar,” “Othello,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Titus Andronicus”
2. August is National Goat Cheese Month. How do you say “goat” in French?
Chèvre
3. Owen Wilson played one in a 2006 movie. You might have played as one the last time you played Monopoly. What is it?
Racecar
4. Known as the father of genetics, what monk and biologist discovered through his experiments with different pea plants that genes passed down could be recessive or dominant?
Gregor Mendel
5. Today is August 2. On this day in 1992, American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first person to win the gold medal in what event in consecutive Summer Olympic Games?
Heptathlon
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Post by mln59 on Aug 5, 2024 8:04:45 GMT -5
Monday's answers:
1. Actor Cate Blanchett is a master of the American accent, which is why many of her own fans don’t know that she’s actually from what country?
2. A metal sculpture by Gerald P. Sawyer on Milwaukee's Riverwalk honors Henry Winkler's iconic character from the TV show "Happy Days." That statue is known by what rhyming name?
3. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story published in 1924 about a big-game hunter who hunts humans for sport. In 1981, author and outdoorsman Charles Gaines, along with several friends, invented a game that was inspired by this story. What game did they invent?
4. The demographic cohort of people born between 2010 and 2024, succeeding Generation Z, is named after which Greek letter?
5. A pale root vegetable known as a “swede” in the U.K. is primarily called what name in the U.S.?
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 5, 2024 8:14:22 GMT -5
1. Australia? I think Australia. 2. He was "The Fonz", so that must be a "Bronze Fonz". 3. Paintball? 4. Alpha? It went Gen X, Gen Y (aka Millenials), Gen Z, and so I would guess Gen Alpha. (Gen X was not named for alphabetical order -- the previous generation was not "Generation W".) 5. Parsnip?
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Post by coahc21 on Aug 5, 2024 8:22:50 GMT -5
Monday's answers: 1. Actor Cate Blanchett is a master of the American accent, which is why many of her own fans don’t know that she’s actually from what country? 2. A metal sculpture by Gerald P. Sawyer on Milwaukee's Riverwalk honors Henry Winkler's iconic character from the TV show "Happy Days." That statue is known by what rhyming name? 3. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story published in 1924 about a big-game hunter who hunts humans for sport. In 1981, author and outdoorsman Charles Gaines, along with several friends, invented a game that was inspired by this story. What game did they invent? 4. The demographic cohort of people born between 2010 and 2024, succeeding Generation Z, is named after which Greek letter? 5. A pale root vegetable known as a “swede” in the U.K. is primarily called what name in the U.S.? 1. Australia 2. The bronze fonz? 3. Hide and Seek? 4. Alpha 5. Rutabega
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 5, 2024 9:40:40 GMT -5
Friday's answers: 1. William Shakespeare wrote six tragic plays set in Italy. Name as many of those tragedies (as classified by the Royal Shakespeare Company) as you can. “Coriolanus,” “Cymbeline,” “Julius Caesar,” “Othello,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Titus Andronicus” I am unhappy with this answer. Antony and Cleopatra is partially set in Italy.
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Post by cindra on Aug 5, 2024 11:09:14 GMT -5
Monday's answers: 1. Actor Cate Blanchett is a master of the American accent, which is why many of her own fans don’t know that she’s actually from what country? 2. A metal sculpture by Gerald P. Sawyer on Milwaukee's Riverwalk honors Henry Winkler's iconic character from the TV show "Happy Days." That statue is known by what rhyming name? 3. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story published in 1924 about a big-game hunter who hunts humans for sport. In 1981, author and outdoorsman Charles Gaines, along with several friends, invented a game that was inspired by this story. What game did they invent? 4. The demographic cohort of people born between 2010 and 2024, succeeding Generation Z, is named after which Greek letter? 5. A pale root vegetable known as a “swede” in the U.K. is primarily called what name in the U.S.? 1. Australia? 2. 3. Paintball 4. Alpha 5. Ruabaga
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Post by gopherhim on Aug 5, 2024 19:37:22 GMT -5
1. Australia 2. Bronze Fonz? 3. 4. Zeta 5. Turnip?
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