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Post by bbg95 on Aug 24, 2024 9:29:50 GMT -5
Friday's questions: 1. There are six official languages of the United Nations. Three of them use Latin-script alphabets, and three do not. Name as many of those six languages as you can. 2. Wellesley, Newton, Lexington, and Belmont are all part of the greater metropolitan area based around what American city? 3. Pompey the Great’s alliance with Caesar and Crassus is known today as the First… what? 4. A 44-inch tall dog named Zeus set the Guinness World Record for “Tallest Dog Ever” in 2011. Zeus belonged to what breed, described by the American Kennel Club as “the picture of elegance and balance, with the smooth and easy stride of born noblemen”? 5. Today is August 23. On this day in 2023, the success of what country’s Chandrayaan-3 mission made it the fourth nation ever to land a craft on the moon? 1. English, French and Spanish are the Latin-script ones. I'm guessing Chinese and Russian are two that are not. Unsure on the last one. Arabic? 2. Boston, I think 3. Triumvirate 4. Great Dane is the tallest dog if I'm not mistaken 5. The name sounds like India
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Post by mln59 on Aug 26, 2024 8:01:49 GMT -5
Friday's answers:
1. There are six official languages of the United Nations. Three of them use Latin-script alphabets, and three do not. Name as many of those six languages as you can.
Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish
2. Wellesley, Newton, Lexington, and Belmont are all part of the greater metropolitan area based around what American city?
Boston
3. Pompey the Great’s alliance with Caesar and Crassus is known today as the First… what?
Triumvirate
4. A 44-inch tall dog named Zeus set the Guinness World Record for “Tallest Dog Ever” in 2011. Zeus belonged to what breed, described by the American Kennel Club as “the picture of elegance and balance, with the smooth and easy stride of born noblemen”?
Great Dane
5. Today is August 23. On this day in 2023, the success of what country’s Chandrayaan-3 mission made it the fourth nation ever to land a craft on the moon?
India
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Post by mln59 on Aug 26, 2024 8:03:18 GMT -5
Monday's questions:
1. What name is shared by baby wombats, wallabies, possums, and koalas?
2. The world's first domed sports stadium was called the Harris County Domed Stadium when it opened in 1965. What was it renamed soon thereafter?
3. As Abraham Lincoln knew, how many years is “four score and seven years”?
4. In 1959, “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. Who narrated almost every episode of that series?
5. Which state capital and temporary home of the A’s takes its name from a nearby river, itself named for the Spanish word for “Eucharist”?
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Post by gopherhim on Aug 26, 2024 8:32:33 GMT -5
1. Joey 2. Minnesota had the Metrodome but not in a Harris County so idk 3. 4 x 20 + 7 = 87 years 4. Rod Serling 5. Sacramento
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Post by Fight On! on Aug 26, 2024 10:23:25 GMT -5
1. Joey 2. Minnesota had the Metrodome but not in a Harris County so idk 3. 4 x 20 + 7 = 87 years 4. Rod Serling 5. Sacramento Houston is in Harris County, TX
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 26, 2024 11:19:20 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. What name is shared by baby wombats, wallabies, possums, and koalas? 2. The world's first domed sports stadium was called the Harris County Domed Stadium when it opened in 1965. What was it renamed soon thereafter? 3. As Abraham Lincoln knew, how many years is “four score and seven years”? 4. In 1959, “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. Who narrated almost every episode of that series? 5. Which state capital and temporary home of the A’s takes its name from a nearby river, itself named for the Spanish word for “Eucharist”? 1. Joey 2. Astrodome 3. 87 5. The A's have relocated to Sacramento--I never realized that it was named for that, but it makes total sense
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Aug 26, 2024 11:22:17 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. What name is shared by baby wombats, wallabies, possums, and koalas? 2. The world's first domed sports stadium was called the Harris County Domed Stadium when it opened in 1965. What was it renamed soon thereafter? 3. As Abraham Lincoln knew, how many years is “four score and seven years”? 4. In 1959, “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. Who narrated almost every episode of that series? 5. Which state capital and temporary home of the A’s takes its name from a nearby river, itself named for the Spanish word for “Eucharist”? 1. Joey 2. Astrodome 3. Darn, I’ve forgotten how long a score is. 4. Rod Serling 5. Sacramento
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Post by cindra on Aug 26, 2024 12:58:36 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. What name is shared by baby wombats, wallabies, possums, and koalas? 2. The world's first domed sports stadium was called the Harris County Domed Stadium when it opened in 1965. What was it renamed soon thereafter? 3. As Abraham Lincoln knew, how many years is “four score and seven years”? 4. In 1959, “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. Who narrated almost every episode of that series? 5. Which state capital and temporary home of the A’s takes its name from a nearby river, itself named for the Spanish word for “Eucharist”? 1. Joey 2. 3. 87 4. 5. Sacramento
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Post by nowhereman on Aug 26, 2024 14:50:26 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. What name is shared by baby wombats, wallabies, possums, and koalas? 2. The world's first domed sports stadium was called the Harris County Domed Stadium when it opened in 1965. What was it renamed soon thereafter? 3. As Abraham Lincoln knew, how many years is “four score and seven years”? 4. In 1959, “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. Who narrated almost every episode of that series? 5. Which state capital and temporary home of the A’s takes its name from a nearby river, itself named for the Spanish word for “Eucharist”? 1. Marsupial 2. Astrodome -another nickname was the eighth wonder of the world. Ha ha 3. 87 years (1863 minus 1776) 4. Orson welles 5. Sacramento, ca
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 26, 2024 15:44:08 GMT -5
1. joey? I think it's joey. 2. Astrodome is the answer they are looking for. I'm not at all certain it is "the world's first domed sports stadium". Might depend on your definition of "sports stadium". 3. 87 4. Rod Serling 5. Sacramento? Is Sacramento the temporary home of the A's? I didn't know that.
Edit: OK, maybe the reason I didn't know that is because it is not true -- yet. They are still in Oakland this year. They move to Sacramento next year.
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Post by coahc21 on Aug 26, 2024 15:47:36 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. What name is shared by baby wombats, wallabies, possums, and koalas? 2. The world's first domed sports stadium was called the Harris County Domed Stadium when it opened in 1965. What was it renamed soon thereafter? 3. As Abraham Lincoln knew, how many years is “four score and seven years”? 4. In 1959, “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. Who narrated almost every episode of that series? 5. Which state capital and temporary home of the A’s takes its name from a nearby river, itself named for the Spanish word for “Eucharist”? 1. Joey 2. Astrodome 3. 87 4. 5. Sacramento
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Post by mln59 on Aug 27, 2024 7:19:05 GMT -5
Monday's answers:
1. What name is shared by baby wombats, wallabies, possums, and koalas?
Joey
2. The world's first domed sports stadium was called the Harris County Domed Stadium when it opened in 1965. What was it renamed soon thereafter?
(Houston) Astrodome
3. As Abraham Lincoln knew, how many years is “four score and seven years”?
87
4. In 1959, “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. Who narrated almost every episode of that series?
Rod Serling
(Westbrook Van Voorhis narrated the pilot episode, though Serling later re-recorded it)
5. Which state capital and temporary home of the A’s takes its name from a nearby river, itself named for the Spanish word for “Eucharist”?
Sacramento (California)
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Post by mln59 on Aug 27, 2024 7:20:21 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions:
1. Although they’re unrelated, Harlem Globetrotters legend Meadowlark and former CNN journalist Don share what zesty surname?
2. Lorelai Gilmore has one, as does Monica Geller. Phoebe Buffay makes one, as does Toni Collette's character in “Hereditary.” Jennifer Lopez’s character receives one as a gift in “The Wedding Planner.” What is it?
3. As U2 can tell you, a seven-letter German word for “attention!” or “caution!” is… what?
4. Ninety percent of Catalans voted for independence from Spain in a 2017 referendum. Most of them voted in the capital of Catalonia, which is what city?
5. Moving to Pelican Town to escape the day-to-day grind of working 9 to 5 for a more idyllic life of tending to your dead grandpa’s farm is the premise of what 2016 video game, made by developer ConcernedApe?
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Post by gopherhim on Aug 27, 2024 8:15:48 GMT -5
1. Lemon (and I had to laugh because of the new definition gen z has given zesty) 2. Hereditary makes me think dollhouse but idk about the rest 3. 4. Barcelona 5. Stardew Valley (and now I want to play instead of work a 9 to 5)
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Post by coahc21 on Aug 27, 2024 8:32:05 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. Although they’re unrelated, Harlem Globetrotters legend Meadowlark and former CNN journalist Don share what zesty surname? 2. Lorelai Gilmore has one, as does Monica Geller. Phoebe Buffay makes one, as does Toni Collette's character in “Hereditary.” Jennifer Lopez’s character receives one as a gift in “The Wedding Planner.” What is it? 3. As U2 can tell you, a seven-letter German word for “attention!” or “caution!” is… what? 4. Ninety percent of Catalans voted for independence from Spain in a 2017 referendum. Most of them voted in the capital of Catalonia, which is what city? 5. Moving to Pelican Town to escape the day-to-day grind of working 9 to 5 for a more idyllic life of tending to your dead grandpa’s farm is the premise of what 2016 video game, made by developer ConcernedApe? 1. Lemon 2. 3. Achtung! 4. Barcelona 5.
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