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Post by bbg95 on Sept 16, 2024 12:03:00 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions: 1. What famous man-made landmark is located on Mount Lee in the Santa Monica Mountains? 2. What is the only current arena in the NBA that is not named after a corporate sponsor? 3. China and Britain famously went to war twice in the 1800s over what flower? 4. The numbers of the two standard pool balls that sport the color yellow appear together in the title of Adele’s debut album. Give both numbers. 5. In chess, a popular first move for black is named after what 10,000-square-mile island in the Mediterranean Sea? 1. Santa Monica Mountains makes me think it's the Hollywood Sign 2. I honestly thought they all were, but then I remembered Madison Square Garden, and I think it's that 3. Poppy 4. 1, 9 (19) 5. Sicily?
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Post by bbg95 on Sept 16, 2024 13:50:08 GMT -5
Thursday's questions: Good Dogs: Every answer in this round will also be the name of a famous dog in pop culture. 1. The Grammy-winning group the Melody Makers consisted of siblings Ziggy, Sharon, Cedella, and Stephen. They're members of what legendary musical family? 2. In 2007, the American Dialect Society officially recognized what heavenly new verb, meaning "to demote or devalue someone or something"? 3. What game became widely popular in the U.S. in the 1930s, after a toy merchandiser "borrowed" an idea from a carnival game played with dried beans, a rubber stamp, and cardboard sheets? 4. One current NHL team is named after an article of clothing. What color is that outerwear? 5. In 2018, Weezer hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart with their viral cover of a song by what ’80s prog rock band? 4. Blue (Columbus Blue Jackets) 5. Toto (Africa) -- I really like both versions of the song
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Post by bbg95 on Sept 16, 2024 13:55:43 GMT -5
Friday's questions 1. According to both Domino’s and the industry magazine Pizza Today, there are five days of the year that see the greatest number of pizza orders. Identify as many of those days as you can. 2. The energy conversion process known as photosynthesis takes place in which organelle, found only in plant cells? 3. In “Peanuts,” what German musician and composer of “Für Elise” is the hero of the character Schroeder? 4. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Michigan, features the bell of what freighter, which sank in 1975? 5. Today is September 13. On this day in 1885, writer and philosopher Alain Locke was born. He is remembered as the “dean” or “father” of what cultural and artistic movement that took place in the 1920s and ’30s in Upper Manhattan? 1. Super Bowl Sunday has to be one of them 2. Ugh, it's been so long since I took biology that I can't remember 3. Beethoven 4. Edmund Fitzgerald 5. Harlem Renaissance?
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Post by bbg95 on Sept 16, 2024 14:38:29 GMT -5
Monday's questions: 1. What city-state saw a 13 percent bump in tourism from the U.S. in 2018, thanks largely to a film starring Constance Wu released in August of that year? 2. A San Francisco State design student named Charles Prior Hall received a patent in 1971 for “liquid support for human bodies.” What was his invention later known as? 3. One of the most popular door lock manufacturers in the U.S. is a company founded in San Francisco whose seven-letter name is German for “slap.” What lock company is that? 4. “Me Against the World” is the third of four studio albums released during the lifetime of what rapper, before his death in 1996? 5. Two South American countries are named for Simón Bolívar. They are Bolivia and the Bolivarian Republic of BLANK, which is also the country of Bolívar's birth and where he spent much of his life. Fill in that blank. 4. Tupac
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Post by mln59 on Sept 17, 2024 7:22:03 GMT -5
Monday's answers:
1. What city-state saw a 13 percent bump in tourism from the U.S. in 2018, thanks largely to a film starring Constance Wu released in August of that year?
Singapore
("Crazy Rich Asians")
2. A San Francisco State design student named Charles Prior Hall received a patent in 1971 for “liquid support for human bodies.” What was his invention later known as?
Waterbed
3. One of the most popular door lock manufacturers in the U.S. is a company founded in San Francisco whose seven-letter name is German for “slap.” What lock company is that?
Schlage
4. “Me Against the World” is the third of four studio albums released during the lifetime of what rapper, before his death in 1996?
Tupac Shakur (2Pac)
5. Two South American countries are named for Simón Bolívar. They are Bolivia and the Bolivarian Republic of BLANK, which is also the country of Bolívar's birth and where he spent much of his life. Fill in that blank.
Venezuela
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Post by mln59 on Sept 17, 2024 7:23:00 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions:
1. What brand of “quality marshmallows” was introduced to the world in 1984, but wasn’t available for purchase until 2010, when a caffeinated variety hit shelves for a limited time?
2. The third letter of the Greek alphabet shares its name with what type of radiation?
3. "Slash fiction" gets its name from the punctuation mark between the two characters being portrayed in a romantic relationship. The first published slash fiction, titled "A Fragment Out of Time," is filed under "K/S." What do those two letters stand for?
4. What weapon gets its name from a fruit that gets its name from the Latin for “many-seeded apple”?
5. According to the famous first line of “Pride and Prejudice,” what must a single man with a good fortune always be in want of?
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Post by coahc21 on Sept 17, 2024 7:46:57 GMT -5
1. JetPuff 2. Gamma 3. 4. Grenade 5. a wife
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 17, 2024 8:15:26 GMT -5
1. Oh this is Ghostbusters-related isn’t it? 1984 would make sense but I don’t know what brand 2. Gamma 3. lol Kirk and Spock 4. Hand grenade 5. A wife
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Post by bbg95 on Sept 17, 2024 10:23:42 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. What brand of “quality marshmallows” was introduced to the world in 1984, but wasn’t available for purchase until 2010, when a caffeinated variety hit shelves for a limited time? 2. The third letter of the Greek alphabet shares its name with what type of radiation? 3. "Slash fiction" gets its name from the punctuation mark between the two characters being portrayed in a romantic relationship. The first published slash fiction, titled "A Fragment Out of Time," is filed under "K/S." What do those two letters stand for? 4. What weapon gets its name from a fruit that gets its name from the Latin for “many-seeded apple”? 5. According to the famous first line of “Pride and Prejudice,” what must a single man with a good fortune always be in want of? 1. Stay Puft? 2. Gamma, I think 5. A wife? I'm not sure that's actually true, lol
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Post by mikegarrison on Sept 17, 2024 13:03:15 GMT -5
1. Must be Stay Puft, from Ghostbusters 2. gamma 3. Kirk/Spock 4. pomegranate is the fruit, so grenade? 5. a wife
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Post by cindra on Sept 17, 2024 15:24:01 GMT -5
Tuesday's questions: 1. What brand of “quality marshmallows” was introduced to the world in 1984, but wasn’t available for purchase until 2010, when a caffeinated variety hit shelves for a limited time? 2. The third letter of the Greek alphabet shares its name with what type of radiation? 3. "Slash fiction" gets its name from the punctuation mark between the two characters being portrayed in a romantic relationship. The first published slash fiction, titled "A Fragment Out of Time," is filed under "K/S." What do those two letters stand for? 4. What weapon gets its name from a fruit that gets its name from the Latin for “many-seeded apple”? 5. According to the famous first line of “Pride and Prejudice,” what must a single man with a good fortune always be in want of? 1. Stay puft? 2. Gamma rays 3. 4. Grenade (from pomegranate) 5.
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Post by mln59 on Sept 18, 2024 7:29:44 GMT -5
Tuesday's answers:
1. What brand of “quality marshmallows” was introduced to the world in 1984, but wasn’t available for purchase until 2010, when a caffeinated variety hit shelves for a limited time?
Stay Puft
2. The third letter of the Greek alphabet shares its name with what type of radiation?
Gamma
3. "Slash fiction" gets its name from the punctuation mark between the two characters being portrayed in a romantic relationship. The first published slash fiction, titled "A Fragment Out of Time," is filed under "K/S." What do those two letters stand for?
“Kirk/Spock”
4. What weapon gets its name from a fruit that gets its name from the Latin for “many-seeded apple”?
Grenade
(from “pomegranate”)
5. According to the famous first line of “Pride and Prejudice,” what must a single man with a good fortune always be in want of?
“A wife”
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Post by mln59 on Sept 18, 2024 7:31:31 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions:
1. What product was invented in 1953 following 39 failed attempts to create a substance that effectively displaced water?
2. One of the first Netflix original series went on to become the first online-only show to receive a major Primetime Emmy nomination. Name that 2013 show.
3. What New England town is best known for being the site of a battle that kicked off the American Revolution, followed closely by its fruit cultivation?
4. In 2019, the daughter of what Wendy’s founder revealed that before his 2002 death, he apologized for naming the fast-food chain after her?
5. What 11-letter word was coined by John Milton in “Paradise Lost” to describe the center of Hell, where all demons live? Today, it describes any raucous situation, and is also a word for a group of parrots.
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Post by mikegarrison on Sept 18, 2024 7:43:50 GMT -5
1. WD-40 2. 3. Concord? 4. Dave Thomas 5. pandemonium?
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Post by coahc21 on Sept 18, 2024 8:03:40 GMT -5
Wednesday's questions: 1. What product was invented in 1953 following 39 failed attempts to create a substance that effectively displaced water? 2. One of the first Netflix original series went on to become the first online-only show to receive a major Primetime Emmy nomination. Name that 2013 show. 3. What New England town is best known for being the site of a battle that kicked off the American Revolution, followed closely by its fruit cultivation? 4. In 2019, the daughter of what Wendy’s founder revealed that before his 2002 death, he apologized for naming the fast-food chain after her? 5. What 11-letter word was coined by John Milton in “Paradise Lost” to describe the center of Hell, where all demons live? Today, it describes any raucous situation, and is also a word for a group of parrots. 1. Squeegie 2. House of Cards 3. Concord 4. Dave Thomas 5.
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