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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 10:52 am
New set and good luck! 41. The Smithsonian holds the blowtorch Julia Child used to finish what ramekin-tastic stuff? 42. What salad was reportedly invented in the 1930s by the owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, California, as a way to use up his leftovers? 43. What slogan, beloved by dairy farmers, was first used in a TV ad about a radio caller, a mouth stuffed with peanut butter, and Aaron Burr? 44. What is the main dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong by the majority of the locals? 45. It Ends With Us star Blake Lively is married to which actor? 46. In our solar system, how many known planets orbit the Sun? 47. Who played the role of the bodyguard in the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard"? 48. According to the nursery rhyme, Winken, Blinken and Nod sailed in a "what"? 49. To counter slipping sales, what was marketed, beginning in 1987, as "the other white meat"? 50. In which country was the umbrella invented?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 11:44 am
41. MARINGE 42. COBB SALAD 43. NO IDEA 44. CANTONESE 45. RYAN REYNOLDS 46. EIGHT PLANETS 47. KEVIN COSTNER 48. NOW I KNOW 49. PORK 50. CHINA
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 12:15 pm
41.merigune sp? 42.cobb salad? 44.Cantonese 45.Ryan Reynolds 46.8 of them 47.Kevin Costner 49.pork 50.Japan?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 9:59 pm
I am SO embarrassed about having a brain fart on the Blanche Dubois question. Guesses for new set: 41. meringue 42. Cobb salad 43. Almost has to be "Got Milk?" if beloved by dairy farmers, but I don't remember anything about Aaron Burr or peanut butter 44. Cantonese 45. this has been in the news, but I don't follow celebrity news 46. 8 47. Kevin Costner 48. pea green boat, not sure how I know this, unless it is a nursery rhyme derived from Scotland. otherwise I learned it when I was old enough to read. 49. pork 50. Egypt, might have been some found in Egyptian tombs? . . .
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 10:16 am
Good morning and happy Wednesday! Answers: 41. The Smithsonian holds the blowtorch Julia Child used to finish what ramekin-tastic stuff? creme brulee (fun fact, I had my first creme brulee at a TVCH meet up in Berkeley, Seamonkey, called me a creme brulee virgin) 42. What salad was reportedly invented in the 1930s by the owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, California, as a way to use up his leftovers? Cobb Salad 43. What slogan, beloved by dairy farmers, was first used in a TV ad about a radio caller, a mouth stuffed with peanut butter, and Aaron Burr? Got Milk? (WTG Juju) 44. What is the main dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong by the majority of the locals? Cantonese 45. It Ends With Us star Blake Lively is married to which actor? Ryan Reynolds 46. In our solar system, how many known planets orbit the Sun? 8 47. Who played the role of the bodyguard in the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard"? Kevin Costner 48. According to the nursery rhyme, Winken, Blinken and Nod sailed in a "what"? a wooden shoe (Juju, Pea green boat was the owl and the pussycat) 49. To counter slipping sales, what was marketed, beginning in 1987, as "the other white meat"? pork 50. In which country was the umbrella invented? China (WTG OG)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 10:41 am
New set and good luck! 51. Don Ameche won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in what film about senior citizens revitalized by an otherworldly swimming pool? 52. Due to an aging society and low birth rates, what similar item has outsold baby diapers in Japan over the last decade? 53. What was Old Mother Hubbard searching for in the cupboard? 54. Mystery novelist Ann Turner Cook was also the model for what company's famous baby mascot? 55. "Sometimes it's hard to be a woman, Giving all your love to just one man" are the opening lyrics of what song? 56. What could you add to a croque monsieur to make it a croque madame? 57. In Russia, a matryoshka is a what? 58. The Invictus Games are associated with which member of the royal family? 59. What fast food chain that uses a cowboy hat as a logo pays Ving Rhames to remind you that they “have the meats?” 60. The most common DNA test used for paternity testing is performed by collecting buccal cells, which are found in what specific body part?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 10:49 am
51. COCOON 52. ADULT ONES 53. BONE? 54. GERBER BABY FOOD 55. STAND BY YOUR MAN 56. NO IDEA 57. STACKING DOLLS...BOUGHT A SET IN RUSSIA 58. PRINCE HARRY 59. NO IDEA 60. INSIDE CHEEK
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - 10:05 pm
Guesses for new set: 51. Cocoon 52. adult diapers 53. a bone for her poor dog 54. Gerber 55. Stand By Your Man 56. cheese (if the answer requires a type of cheese, let's make it Swiss) 57. nesting doll 58. Prince Harry 59. Arby's, fairly new commercial, I think 60. cheek inside mouth . . .
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 - 9:33 am
Good morning and happy Thursday! Answers: 51. Don Ameche won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in what film about senior citizens revitalized by an otherworldly swimming pool? Cocoon 52. Due to an aging society and low birth rates, what similar item has outsold baby diapers in Japan over the last decade? adult diapers 53. What was Old Mother Hubbard searching for in the cupboard? a bone 54. Mystery novelist Ann Turner Cook was also the model for what company's famous baby mascot? Gerber 55. "Sometimes it's hard to be a woman, Giving all your love to just one man" are the opening lyrics of what song? Stand By Your Man 56. What could you add to a croque monsieur to make it a croque madame? an egg 57. In Russia, a matryoshka is a what? set of nesting dolls 58. The Invictus Games are associated with which member of the royal family? Prince Harry 59. What fast food chain that uses a cowboy hat as a logo pays Ving Rhames to remind you that they “have the meats?” Arby's (WTG Juju) 60. The most common DNA test used for paternity testing is performed by collecting buccal cells, which are found in what specific body part? inside the cheek
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 - 9:45 am
New set and good luck! 61. What was the name of the 70-mile-wide strip from Oregon to South Carolina where a true total solar eclipse could be seen in August 2017? 62. Steve Carell played Maxwell Something opposite Anne Hathaway, in a 2008 adaptation of what show? 63. Italian for "paper," "carta" gives us what word for a group that might sign a contract? 64. In 2005, what powdered product released an "invisible" watermelon-kiwi flavor? 65. A lot harder to get legally these days, what "special" drug was widely used as a surgery anesthetic in Vietnam? 66. On a fish, the “caudal fin” is the tail fin. The fin on the top, along the back between the head and tail, is known as what? 67. “GI,” “pince-nez” and “browline” are all styles of what helpful accessory? 68. What still-active prison, and setting of a 2023 movie, is located north of New York City on the Hudson River — which is why “going up the river” is a common slang phrase for going to prison? 69. Insects bodies have how many divisions? 70. In 1917, for a payment of $25,000,000 in gold coin, the Virgin islands were formally transferred to the US from what country?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 - 10:10 am
61. NO IDEA...RIBBON? 62. GET SMART 63. NO IDEA 64. NO IDEA 65. NO IDEA 66. DORSAL 67. EYEGLASSES 68. SING SING? 69. THREE PARTS 50. NOW I KNOW}
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 - 1:18 pm
62.Get Smart 63.catel 64.Kool Aid 70.Denmark
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 - 10:06 pm
Whos, really hard set today: 61. I plead insanity. Our country had just elected a mob-affiliated career criminal owned by Vladimir Putin to become President that year, and I was out of my mind. But I do remember being so excited that we could see it where I live, and we had the glasses, and did see it. Maybe OG will get this, since she lives in Oregon. 62. Get Smart 63. cartel perhaps 64. Kool-Aid is all I can come up with 65. morphine maybe 66. dorsal 67. eyeglasses 68. Sing-Sing 69. 3 - yay entomology questions 70. Netherlands (formerly Dutch Virgin Islands?) . . .
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, August 23, 2024 - 10:04 am
Good morning and happy Friday! I am going to my sister's this weekend so I will post questions today but probably not tomorrow unless I get a second. I won't be home till Sunday evening. Answers: 61. What was the name of the 70-mile-wide strip from Oregon to South Carolina where a true total solar eclipse could be seen in August 2017? The Path of Totality 62. Steve Carell played Maxwell Something opposite Anne Hathaway, in a 2008 adaptation of what show? Get Smart 63. Italian for "paper," "carta" gives us what word for a group that might sign a contract? cartel 64. In 2005, what powdered product released an "invisible" watermelon-kiwi flavor? Kool-Aid 65. A lot harder to get legally these days, what "special" drug was widely used as a surgery anesthetic in Vietnam? Ketamin (Special K) 66. On a fish, the “caudal fin” is the tail fin. The fin on the top, along the back between the head and tail, is known as what? dorsal 67. “GI,” “pince-nez” and “browline” are all styles of what helpful accessory? eyeglasses 68. What still-active prison, and setting of a 2023 movie, is located north of New York City on the Hudson River — which is why “going up the river” is a common slang phrase for going to prison? Sing Sing 69. Insects bodies have how many divisions? 3 70. In 1917, for a payment of $25,000,000 in gold coin, the Virgin islands were formally transferred to the US from what country? Denmark (WTG Dean)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, August 23, 2024 - 10:23 am
New set and good luck! 71. What did US Airways Flight 1549 hit in 2009, causing it to make a successful emergency landing on the Hudson River? 72. Skippy takes the credit for inventing what style of peanut butter that just half-asses the grinding process? 73. Where does the sirocco wind originate? 74. In Europe, what coffee drink is typically relegated to breakfast hours? 75. How many inches are in a foot and a half? 76. The Giro d'Italia is which type of event? 77. How many countries share a land border with Brazil: 6, 8, 10 or 12? 78. What pronoun is also a book by Stephen King? 79. What is the largest nest-building mammal? 80. Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in the where?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Friday, August 23, 2024 - 10:52 am
71. A FLOCK OF GEESE 72. CHUNKY 73. SAHARA DESERT 74. EXPRESSO 75. 18 INCHES 76. CYCLING 77. 8? 78. NO IDEA 79. GORILLA 80. VATICAN?
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Friday, August 23, 2024 - 6:26 pm
I am back 71.geese 72.chunky 74.Expresso 75.18 77.8? 78.It 80.Vatican It drizzled off and on when away except today when we flew back home
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, August 23, 2024 - 6:55 pm
I won't be home till Monday evening. Sorry. So answers tomorrow but no questions till Tuesday.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Friday, August 23, 2024 - 9:50 pm
Guesses for new set: 71. updraft 72. chunky 73. Sahara desert 74. cafe au lait, I seem to recall from my 2001 solo visit to London and Paris 75. 18 76. bicycling 77. 10 78. It 79. beaver 80. Vatican . . .
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, August 24, 2024 - 8:02 am
Good morning and happy Saturday! I will see you all on Tuesday morning! Answers: 71. What did US Airways Flight 1549 hit in 2009, causing it to make a successful emergency landing on the Hudson River? a flock of birds (WTG OG) 72. Skippy takes the credit for inventing what style of peanut butter that just half-asses the grinding process? chunky 73. Where does the sirocco wind originate? North Africa 74. In Europe, what coffee drink is typically relegated to breakfast hours? cappuccino 75. How many inches are in a foot and a half? 18 76. The Giro d'Italia is which type of event? cycling 77. How many countries share a land border with Brazil: 6, 8, 10 or 12? 10 (WTG Juju) 78. What pronoun is also a book by Stephen King? It 79. What is the largest nest-building mammal? gorilla (WTG OG) 80. Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in the where? the Louvre
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