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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 11:15 am 
41. No idea...Tiny Tim?
42. No idea
43. Holy Oak...yay
44. Taste buds?
45. No idea
46. Collars
47. No idea
48. Sonny and Cher
49. Asperagras sp
50. Florence Nightingale
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 2:53 pm
41.Tiny Tim?
44.rodents?
46.robes?
47.empty net goal?
48.Sonny and Cher
49.aspagrus -I have about 8 stalks for breakfast to help my arthritis
Have a good rest of the week
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 6:49 pm
Guesses for new set:
41. Tiny Tim
42. Fidelity Bravery Integrity
43. Wellesley
44. Bigdog is stumped, and now he will be up all night going over pepper names in his head, since he knows lots of peppers. I am going to use a term I used today, which is indeed a class of animals and say ungulates, hooved mammals such as horses, deer buffalo, and antelopes, which I was looking for all day the past several days.
45. Nintendo
46. collar
47. made a steal
48. Sonny and Cher
49. asparagus, says Bigdog
50. Florence Nightingale
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 8:53 am
Good morning and happy Wednesday!
Answers:
41. What novella character, who either had tuberculosis or rickets, was called “Little Fred” until a last-minute change to the manuscript? Tiny Tim
42. “FBI” stands for “Federal Bureau of Investigation.” It also stands for the bureau’s three-word motto. What are those three words? Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity (WTG Juju)
43. The oldest women’s college in America that is still in operation is in South Hadley, Massachusetts. What is it? Mount Holyoke (WTG OG)
44. Several types of hot peppers are named after what class of animal—likely due to the fact that their tongues have no capsaicin receptors, making them the only creatures other than humans that will eat them? birds
45. What video game company got its name from a Japanese verb that means “to hit the target”? Atari
46. What garment part comes in such varieties as Puritan, Peter Pan, and Choir Boy? collar
47. If a hockey player scores a “Gordie Howe Hat Trick,” that means they have scored a goal, recorded an assist, and done what else, all in one game? gotten in a fight
48. What 1960s singing duo were once known as “Caesar and Cleopatra” due to their hairstyles? Sonny and Cher
49. What green vegetable has a section on its Wikipedia page titled “Effects on Urine”? asparagus
50. Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath, while nurses take a pledge named after what celebrated 19th-century nurse? Florence Nightingale
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 9:06 am
New set and good luck!
51. If you are scoring a round of bowling, what character do you use to mark a spare?
52. Satoshi Nakamoto is probably a pseudonym used by someone whose worth is estimated at $7.7billion—or just over a million of the thing he invented. What did he invent?
53. If Prince Charles chooses to keep the name “Charles” when he is king, what number will follow his name?
54. According to the instructions at the start of every episode of TV's Mission: Impossible, how long would it take the tape to self-destruct?
55. What heavy metal does uranium become once it has lost all of its radioactivity?
56. What NBC series debuted in 1965 with actress Barbara Eden saying, in Farsi, “You have the face of a wise and fearless Caliph”?
57. To make an “Elvis Sandwich,” you need two slices of bread plus what three crucial ingredients?
58. What six-letter word is a shortened form of a sentence that, when translated literally into English, means “all of the digits must remain single”?
59. Prior to President Obama, who was the last U.S. president with a law degree?
60. What breath mint contains copper gluconate, which gives them their signature green flecks, and was the first breath mint to be nationally marketed in the United States?
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 9:29 am
51./
53.iv
54.10 minutes _ liked the orginial one much better than the cruise ones
56.I Dream of Jeannie
57. Peanut butter, bacon, bananas
60.certs
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 12:20 pm
51. No idea
52. No idea
53. No idea
54. 5 seconds
55. No idea
56. I Dream Of Jeanie
57. Peanut butter, banana, jelly?
58. Huh?
59. Clinton
60. Certs}}
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 11:00 am
Good morning and happy Thursday!
Answers:
51. If you are scoring a round of bowling, what character do you use to mark a spare? / (WTG Dean)
52. Satoshi Nakamoto is probably a pseudonym used by someone whose worth is estimated at $7.7billion—or just over a million of the thing he invented. What did he invent? bitcoin
53. If Prince Charles chooses to keep the name “Charles” when he is king, what number will follow his name? III
54. According to the instructions at the start of every episode of TV's Mission: Impossible, how long would it take the tape to self-destruct? 5 seconds (WTG OG)
55. What heavy metal does uranium become once it has lost all of its radioactivity? lead
56. What NBC series debuted in 1965 with actress Barbara Eden saying, in Farsi, “You have the face of a wise and fearless Caliph”? I Dream of Jeannie
57. To make an “Elvis Sandwich,” you need two slices of bread plus what three crucial ingredients? bacon, peanut butter and banana (WTG Dean)
58. What six-letter word is a shortened form of a sentence that, when translated literally into English, means “all of the digits must remain single”? sudoku
59. Prior to President Obama, who was the last U.S. president with a law degree? Bill Clinton (WTG OG)
60. What breath mint contains copper gluconate, which gives them their signature green flecks, and was the first breath mint to be nationally marketed in the United States? Certs
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 11:17 am
New set and good luck!
61. What marine invertebrate comes in such varieties as “elkhorn,” “table,” and “brain”?
62. What invention was patented on November 26, 1935, by Vladimir Zworykin, who described it as a, “method of, and apparatus for, Producing Images of Objects”?
63. In The Princess Bride, what word does Vizzini use four times before his usage of it is corrected, and once afterward?
64. What literary title character is the "I" in the famous line "Reader, I married him"?
65. Sheindlin is the last name of what woman, whose $47 million salary has made her TV's highest paid star?
66. Jacques Cousteau named his ship after the mythical sea nymph who kidnapped Odysseus. It’s also a style of music. What did Jacques name his ship?
67. What is the largest city by population that is located on the shore of a Great Lake?
68. Gayle King hosts CBS This Morning, but is possibly better known as the best friend of what other media figure, whose middle name is Gail?
69. In architecture, a shared bathroom located between two bedrooms is named for what two fictional children?
70. Seventy-two of the 108 lines of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" end in what rhyming syllable?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 12:19 pm
61. Coral
62. Television
63. No idea
64. Jane Eyre
65. Judge Judy
66. Calypso...Love the John Denver song
67. Chicago
68. Oprah
69. Now I know
70. Or
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 12:53 pm
65.judge Judy
66.Calypso man
67.Chicago
68.Oprah Gail Winfrey
69.Jack and Jill -thanks HGTV
Happy Thursday -going to 1 of 3 seminar online now
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, October 22, 2021 - 10:53 am
Good morning and happy Friday!
Answers:
61. What marine invertebrate comes in such varieties as “elkhorn,” “table,” and “brain”? coral (WTG OG)
62. What invention was patented on November 26, 1935, by Vladimir Zworykin, who described it as a, “method of, and apparatus for, Producing Images of Objects”? television (WTG OG)
63. In The Princess Bride, what word does Vizzini use four times before his usage of it is corrected, and once afterward? inconceivable
64. What literary title character is the "I" in the famous line "Reader, I married him"? Jane Eyre (WTG OG)
65. Sheindlin is the last name of what woman, whose $47 million salary has made her TV's highest paid star? Judge Judy
66. Jacques Cousteau named his ship after the mythical sea nymph who kidnapped Odysseus. It’s also a style of music. What did Jacques name his ship? Calypso
67. What is the largest city by population that is located on the shore of a Great Lake? Toronto
68. Gayle King hosts CBS This Morning, but is possibly better known as the best friend of what other media figure, whose middle name is Gail? Oprah Winfrey
69. In architecture, a shared bathroom located between two bedrooms is named for what two fictional children? Jack and Jill (WTG Dean)
70. Seventy-two of the 108 lines of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" end in what rhyming syllable? -ore- (WTG OG)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, October 22, 2021 - 11:17 am
New set and good luck!
71. Cabo San Lucas sits at the tip of what peninsula?
72. What 1960s TV hit was named for the organization later featured on hit shows like White Collar, Mindhunter, and The Blacklist?
73. At 183.8 feet, South Korea's T Express is the world's highest what made of wood?
74. What two countries are responsible for over 80 percent of the world's commercial whaling?
75. What Oscar-winning actor/writer/director has directed both a Frankenstein movie and a Dracula movie--the latter his final film as a director?
76. What has a surface made of a granular stuff called firn?
77. What two colors, in checkerboard fashion, make up the flag of Bavaria?
78. What kind of food would you bake by "shirring"?
79. Whose image appears three times in the iconic Andy Warhol painting in which he's drawing a six-shooter, based on a publicity still from his 1958 Western film Flaming Star?
80. What's the name for species of the woodpecker family that primarily feed on the fluids of trees, not insects?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, October 22, 2021 - 11:57 am
71. Baja
72. No idea
73. Roller coaster?
74. Russia and Japan
75. Mel Brooks
76. No idea
77. No idea
78. Eggs
79. Elvis
80. Sapsuckers
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 8:59 am
Good morning and happy Saturday!
Answers:
71. Cabo San Lucas sits at the tip of what peninsula? Baja (WTG OG)
72. What 1960s TV hit was named for the organization later featured on hit shows like White Collar, Mindhunter, and The Blacklist? FBI
73. At 183.8 feet, South Korea's T Express is the world's highest what made of wood? roller coaster (WTG OG)
74. What two countries are responsible for over 80 percent of the world's commercial whaling? Japan and Norway
75. What Oscar-winning actor/writer/director has directed both a Frankenstein movie and a Dracula movie--the latter his final film as a director? Mel Brooks (WTG OG)
76. What has a surface made of a granular stuff called firn? glacier
77. What two colors, in checkerboard fashion, make up the flag of Bavaria? blue and white
78. What kind of food would you bake by "shirring"? eggs (WTG OG)
79. Whose image appears three times in the iconic Andy Warhol painting in which he's drawing a six-shooter, based on a publicity still from his 1958 Western film Flaming Star? Elvis (WTG OG)
80. What's the name for species of the woodpecker family that primarily feed on the fluids of trees, not insects? sapsuckers (WTG OG)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 9:15 am
New set and good luck!
81. What 1944 thriller, in which Ingrid Bergman plays a woman menaced by her scheming husband, gave us a modern term for a type of psychological abuse?
82. What dog breed provides at least 70 percent of all guide dogs for the blind?
83. What 1888 poem is set in the town of Mudville?
84. For the last fifteen years before it was abandoned, the chateau known as the Petit Trianon was used as a refuge by what famous woman?
85. What wine is named for one of the largest cities in Iran, though the modern version is mostly exported from Australia?
86. In what sport, which dates back to 1930s Chicago, does one "jammer" on each team wear a star on his or her helmet?
87. Where do the seeds that chefs call "pepitas" come from?
88. What nickname does radio DJ Barry Hansen use for the novelty music show he's been broadcasting or streaming weekly since 1970?
89. What is the world's largest family-owned liquor company, headquartered in Bermuda since leaving Cuba in the 1960s?
90. What is usually added to the water when cooking pasta?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 10:47 am
81. Gaslighting
82. Labs
83. Casey At The Bat
84. Marie Antonette
85. No idea
86. Roller Derby
87. Pumpkins
88. No idea
89. Bacardi
90. Oil
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 5:30 pm
Guesses for new set:
81. Gaslight
82. german shepherd
83. Casey At The Bat
84. Greta Garbo
85. Shiraz
86. Roller derby
87. pumpkin
88. All I can think of is Wofman Jack, but I this he was earlier than 1970
89. Bacardi, says Bigdog
90. salt
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Looked pretty easy tonight, except for the DJ
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 7:26 pm
82. Lab retrivers
84. Marie Antoinette
85.Tehran
86.Roller Derby
87.Pumpkins
90.oil
Sorry I had a scare this week , it was a pulled muscle by my heart and not my heart as per my dr. Hope all okay.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, October 24, 2021 - 4:52 am
Cooking Pasta Properly - How-To -
You may have heard that you can avoid sticky pasta by adding oil to the pasta water. This can prevent sticking.
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