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Thursday, April 9 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. 1. What novelist coined the term "Beat Generation" in 1948? 2. What evergreen herb gets its name from a Latin phrase meaning “dew of the sea,” as one of the stars of White Christmas could tell you? 3. Is the boilin...

Answers to Wednesday, April 8 1. Happy Passover! Val Kilmer voiced Moses and Ralph Fiennes voiced his brother Ramses in what 1998 Dreamworks retelling of the Passover story? PRINCE OF EGYPT 2. What does a pluviometer - also know as an udometer -measure? PRECIPITATION (OR RAIN) 3. Medical technology ...

This might get me banned but I really like the Michigan blue & yellow (maize)

3. Horseshoe crab

Wednesday, April 8 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. 1. Happy Passover! Val Kilmer voiced Moses, and Ralph Fiennes voiced his brother Ramses, in what 1998 Dreamworks retelling of the Passover story? 2. What does a pluviometer - also called an udometer - measure? 3. ...

Answers to Tuesday, April 7: 1. Nearly all of Botswana is located in what desert, whose name comes from the Tswana language for “the Great Thirst”? KALAHARI 2. The most populous city in the Western Hemisphere has a name that, when translated to English, is the name of a U.S. city with about 2.5% the...

Watched a documentary on ZZ Top on Netflix last night. While not a huge fan of their music I really enjoyed this documentary and the three guys came across as immensely likable.

Tuesday, April 7 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. 1. Nearly all of Botswana is located in what desert, whose name comes from the Tswana language for “the Great Thirst”? 2. The most populous city in the Western Hemisphere has a name that, when translated to English,...

Answers to Monday, April 6 1. Pull Out Before You Blow It: Actor Steve Buscemi appeared in five Coen Brothers movies in a row during the 1990s. Name as many of those movies as you can for 1 point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong. MILLER’S CROSSING, BARTON FINK, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, FARGO...

Here are this week’s questions: 1. The French coined the word "Boche" to refer to their enemies in which war? 2. What Hall of Fame forward won two of the first seven NBA Slam Dunk Contests--and was surprised to lose a third to his 5'7" teammate Spud Webb, whom he'd never seen dunk before? 3. The TV ...

Here are the answers to last week’s Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia Quiz: 1. What was the native country of two of opera's famed Three Tenors? They're all Italian, right? Pavarotti was Italian! Well, guess what, buddy. The other two--Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras--were both from Spain. 2. Having jus...

The Day of the Jackal. Fantastic book And movie! I believe the detective in the movie is the villain from Moonraker, the best Bond film. While I don't think it is the best Bond film, it does have one of my favorite scenes of the classic (pre-Brosnan and Craig). I love the boat chase on the river th...

Monday, April 6 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. Answers to Friday's questions below. 1. Pull Out Before You Blow It: Actor Steve Buscemi appeared in five Coen Brothers movies in a row during the 1990s. Name as many of those movies as you can for 1 point each. Zero...

Answers to Friday, April 3 1. The Singer Building, the Petronas Towers, and Taipei 101 are some of the lesser-known historical holders of what record? WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING 2. What invention was patented on November 26, 1935, by Vladimir Zworykin, who described it as a, “method of, and apparatus ...

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Cowgirl wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 05 11:55 am
Ice cream.
This could be its own question for another day

Best ice cream I’ve ever had is banana macadamia nut from Izzy’s. Unfortunately it’s availability is rare.

Kelly Red wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 05 11:25 am
What’s your favorite snack?

If I’m being healthy it’s apple slices with almond butter. If I’m not, it’s Cheetos

Chips and salsa. LOVE the lime tinged Tostitos

Anything by Carl Hiassen or Clive Cussler.

This drove me nuts because I've seen this map before, but it finally clicked. They have never been visited by a POTUS. I had the "Never been invaded by Britain" answer stuck in my head. But I knew that wasn't correct because way too much of Africa is red, Belize is red, and Sweden isn't red, just t...

If you have a Kindle or the Kindle app, Amazon has a book by Dr. Osterholm on killer germs on sale for $2.99 today. https://www.amazon.com/Deadliest-Enemy-Against-Killer-Germs-ebook/dp/B01HZFB5EW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DDOQSFU32DID&dchild=1&keywords=osterholm&qid=1586003294&smid=A1GIOTVGZB41OC&sprefix=Oste...

What do the countries in red have in common?

Definitely snakes...but I’ve always been so fascinated by them that instead of avoiding them I usually watch documentaries about them before I travel somewhere. The black mamba is one incredible animal. Oh god, don’t watch the YouTube clip of the Galapagos snakes and the baby iguana! Animal Planet ...

Friday, April 3 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. 1. The Singer Building, the Petronas Towers, and Taipei 101 are some of the lesser-known historical holders of what record? 2. What invention was patented on November 26, 1935, by Vladimir Zworykin, who described it ...

Answers to Thursday, April 2 1. April 2 marks the anniversary of the RMS Titanic’s ill-fated voyage. The ship shoved off from Southampton, England. What city was supposed to be its destination? NEW YORK 2. The most common way to earn a “Triple-Double” in basketball is by achieving double-digit point...

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Wed Apr 01 9:37 pm
After going months with virtually no spam call on my cell I now seem to get 5-6 per day and most within a short window.

f*** off. I am not answering you, twat waffle.....er tot waffle.

I miss those days when a call on my cell phone was 100% legitimate and I would answer them all.

Thursday, April 2 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. 1. April 2 marks the anniversary of the RMS Titanic’s ill-fated voyage. The ship shoved off from Southampton, England. What city was supposed to be its destination? 2. The most common way to earn a “Triple-Double” ...

Answers to Wednesday, April 1 1. “Platinum” used to be the highest certification that a record could achieve in the U.S. In 1999, a new certification equaling “ten-times platinum” was created. Name that album-sales certification. DIAMOND 2. What breath mint contains copper gluconate, which gives the...

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Wed Apr 01 3:40 pm

That’s a fake Twitter account

Has anyone else seen an uptick in spam emails getting through? I’ve been getting one daily from a fake PayPal address with an attachment. I’ve seen several fake Apple and amazon emails lately too. Usually my email is good about filtering the spam but I guess they are getting sneakier. I get an insa...

Wednesday, April 1 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. Answers to yesterday's questions below. 1. “Platinum” used to be the highest certification that a record could achieve in the U.S. In 1999, a new certification equaling “ten-times platinum” was created. Name that ...

Answers to Tuesday, March 31 1. Prior to President Obama, who was the last U.S. president with a law degree? BILL CLINTON 2. In hopes of undercutting imports of Chinese teas in the 19th century, some British tea companies added bergamot to their black teas. These bergamot-infused teas were named aft...

I saw a picture on Twitter yesterday showing three gas stations in Lakeville where gas was $1.05/gallon. In our neck of the woods it’s around $1.78.

Just curious, when this is all over with and we are back to "normal", what, if anything, are you going to do differently? Personally, 1. Not going to hoard by any means but will make sure we have a least one multipack of TP on hand 2. Again, not going to hoard, but there are some pretty common cann...

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Tuesday, March 31 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. Answers to yesterday's questions below. 1. Prior to President Obama, who was the last U.S. president with a law degree? 2. In hopes of undercutting imports of Chinese teas in the 19th century, some British tea comp...

Answers to Monday, March 30 1. Around 4,000 miles: that’s the furthest distance between two cities that are capitals of neighboring countries. Name one of those two capital cities. MOSCOW, PYONGYANG 2. The TV show “Mindfreak” ran from 2005-2010, and was the first weekly magic show to air on U.S. tel...

Here are this week’s questions: 1. What was the native country of two of opera's famed Three Tenors? 2. Having just produced its millionth car, Tesla is the most successful new American automaker (independent, not a subsidiary) of the past sixty years. What company is in second place, with about 9,0...

Here are the answers to last week’s Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia Quiz: 1. Future Oscar winner Lee J. Cobb was only 37 years old in 1949 when he created the role of what 63-year-old character on Broadway? He was the stage's original Willy Loman, in a considerable amount of age makeup. 2. Who published...

1)Moscow (and Washington DC?) 3)Highlights 1. The question says 'neighboring'. I wonder if they mean bordering? Since it said neighboring instead of bordering, I thought that might work. Note--Googling, everything I found says the International dateline is the border between Russia and Alaska. They...

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Mon Mar 30 7:06 am
1)Moscow (and Washington DC?)
3)Highlights

1. The question says 'neighboring'. I wonder if they mean bordering?

Monday, March 30 Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow's email. Answers to yesterday's questions below. 1. Around 4,000 miles: that’s the furthest distance between two cities that are capitals of neighboring countries. Name one of those two capital cities. 2. The TV show “Mindfr...

Answers to Friday, March 27 1. The words “Seoul” and “Kyoto” both mean the same thing in their respective languages. What do they mean? CAPITAL, OR CAPITAL CITY (Kyoto used to be the capital of Japan) 2. What five-word phrase originated from an Emerson poem about the battles of Lexington and Concord...

Anyone own a Sleep Number bed? Thoughts?

Anyone own a Casper, Purple, or Tuft & Needle?

We’re in the market for a new mattress and are exploring options.

Thanks for any input!

1. I was born in Newport, RI where my dad was stationed. When he was discharged, the family moved back to Minnesota. They were driving back and didn't really want to deal with NYC, so they decided to bypass it by going a little bit north of the city. So, in mid-August 1969, we drove through the are...

1. The words “Seoul” and “Kyoto” both mean the same thing in their respective languages. What do they mean? 2. What five-word phrase originated from an Emerson poem about the battles of Lexington and Concord, and today also refers to several moments in sports history, including Bobby Thomson’s famou...

Answers to Thursday, March 26 1. What is the largest city by population that is located on the shore of a Great Lake? TORONTO 2. Harold Faltermeyer had a number-one hit song in 1985 called “Axel F.” It is better known as the theme song to what movie? "BEVERLY HILLS COP" 3. Gayle King hosts CBS This ...

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Thu Mar 26 3:23 pm
I had MNHCKY7 plates in Illinois for awhile. One time a guy at work walked by after I parked and asked “man hickey?”.

You need to change your user name to Man Hickey.

Thursday, March 26 1. What is the largest city by population that is located on the shore of a Great Lake? 2. Harold Faltermeyer had a number-one hit song in 1985 called “Axel F.” It is better known as the theme song to what movie? 3. Gayle King hosts CBS This Morning, but is possibly better known a...

Answers to Wednesday, March 25 1. "The Emperor of the land where Sun rises sends a letter to the Emperor of the land where Sun sets. Are you healthy?" This 7th-century message was the first formal communication between what two countries? CHINA, JAPAN 2. Jacques Cousteau named his ship after the myt...

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Wed Mar 25 10:26 pm
I think the fact alcohol stores are allowed to stay open just shows what’s important to Americans. Weed stores too.

If liquor stores were closed for a month i would imagine there would be lots of black market sales.

Grant is correct. Here are today's questions. If people are interested I can try to post their 5 questions every day. Wednesday, March 25 1. "The Emperor of the land where Sun rises sends a letter to the Emperor of the land where Sun sets. Are you healthy?" This 7th-century message was the first for...

Trivia Mafia is a local bar trivia hosting company. I subscribe to their newsletter. While they have been shut down they have been sending out a small daily quiz. I recommend signing up for it. Anyway, this question was on yesterday’s quiz and I like it: Of the people pictured on currently circulati...

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Tue Mar 24 8:56 am
5. Simone Biles(?)

5. My guess would be Nadia Comaneci.

Just curious - do the grocery stores in the US use floor stickers as a visual cue? We've had these for over a week now, I've never seen anyone not use them in our local grocery stores and/or bakeries... https://i.postimg.cc/L5WHRWQq/IMG-3098.jpg I was at Costco yesterday and they had yellow taped l...

Here are this week’s questions: 1. Future Oscar winner Lee J. Cobb was only 37 years old in 1949 when he created the role of what 63-year-old character on Broadway? 2. Who published four revolutionary articles on four different topics during his 1905 "year of miracles," or Wunderjahr? 3. What countr...

Here are the answers to last week’s Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia Quiz: 1. Between its 1478 founding and 1691, what organization over one hundred thousand autos-da-fe? Oops, missing word here. Should have read "what organization HELD over..." Autos-da-fe were the public penances (up to and including b...

The long suffering Mrs GE and I got through two-thirds of Lawrence of Arabia last night. Interesting but slow story and beautifully shot. Last hour on tap for this evening. Always a favorite among critics....but you're right, it's a slow burn. I cannot for the life of me get into 2001: A Space Odys...

If you are bored and looking for some mindless movies to watch, here are some recommendations of some of my favoritesL 1. Shoot Em Up: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, and Monica Belucci in a comically violent movie and one of my favorites of the last 20 years 2. The Hidden: Michael Nouri and Kyle MacLahc...

What makes this one a bugger is that it's a "novel" virus, the likes of which has not been seen. As I understand it, the end game is everyone is infected and recovers (or dies), and those who had it will have immunity next time to it or to similar viruses. If a vaccine is created, the folks who don...

Ranta is coming back:

https://www.therinklive.com/college/gop ... -next-year

Starting to think this going to reshape our society, maybe in a good way. I’m spending real time with my family, listening to music and watching movies and TV shows. The sports world is gonna suffer for this because we are gonna slowly realize that competition isn’t important. Devotion to sporting ...

Hi all. In this crazy time of ours I thought it might be fun to get to know a little bit about each other. I started this thread so we can share things about each other that we think others might find interesting. I'll start: 1. I'm adopted. I met my birth mom several years ago but we don't have a s...

Fox Sports 1 is showing Aussie rules football. It’s live. I don’t understand it, but it’s live sports. Watch enough, you'll get the gist of it. Cricket is the one sport I really don't understand. I was in India last summer during the Cricket World Cup. I'm very well versed in it now since I had (li...

But it’s not like they won’t eventually use it.....Hopefully these people would consider donating it. We have a small relatively independent grocery store in our town that we use when we need one or two things. A while back they posted a sign at each register stating that they would no longer accep...

I was a kid at that time and had a strict 9PM bedtime. On Monday’s my Mon would let me stay up long enough to watch the MNF open before she put me to bed. That theme music for MNF is available on iTunes. It’s titled “Heavy Action” The opening theme music for This Week in Baseball is also available ...

7. They're all located in more than one hemisphere?

I know Kiribati is the only country in the world located in all four hemispheres.

Regarding #6, Alan Smithee is a pseudonym a director will use when they are not happy with the finished product and don't want their name associated with a film.

While I am glad we live in a time where information is plentiful with many sources, I also find there to be information overload. So easy to find articles about every possible aspect of this virus, its spread, treatment, vaccines, etc. Again, access to information is definitely a good thing but ther...

I went to Target this morning to get a few things (not hoard). I picked up a 12 pack of TP. They actually have the TP aisle roped off with an employee inside the roped off area and a security person just outside of it. You walk up, tell the employee what brand and package you want and he/she grabs i...

Norm wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 17 11:18 am
What's going to happen to homeless people that go to soup kitchens for meals?

Soup kitchens, shelters, etc are exempt.

I copied the text verbatim from his email but I think there was a word/phrase omitted in #1. I think it should read:

1. Between its 1478 founding and 1691, what organization carried out over one hundred thousand autos-da-fe?

3. (I cheated and had to look it up)

Hidden Content...

Here are this week’s questions: 1. Between its 1478 founding and 1691, what organization over one hundred thousand autos-da-fe? 2. Sheindlin is the last name of what woman, whose $47 million salary has made her TV's highest paid star? 3. Which gland of the human body shares its name with a genus of ...

Here are the answers to last week’s Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia Quiz: 1. Stanislav and Bronislava Nijinsky, like their more famous brother Vaslav, were professionals in what field? All three were dancers--and Vaslav was the most famous male ballet dancer of his era. 2. In what city would you find Pr...

Obviously I feel for all affected by the virus. It stinks all the way around. Does anyone know of anyone who has an upcoming wedding planned and what they are thinking about doing? I have a cousin getting married the first weekend in June. It's just outside of the 8 week window that the CDC is recom...

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