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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 2:11 pm 
1.Circle
2.The Price is Right
4.Puffed jets
6.Pomegranate
7.love/wife
8.Anderson
9.jail or prison
10.5 sides /angles
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 10:46 pm
Guesses for new set:
1. circle
2. Price is Right
3. Took me a minute - Twinkies!!! Bwahahaha!
4. have not even the foggiest idea to make a guess on
5. gamma
6. pomegranate
7. a good wife/woman, made that up
8. Hans Christian Andersen
9. prison, not sure if I have seen it or not, probably not
10. 5
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 9:33 am
Good morning and happy Thursday!
Answers:
1. “Family Circus” is drawn inside which shape? circle
2. Over $200,000 in Plinko, plus a diamond bracelet, a Fiji vacation, and A NEW CAR! That's the record takeaway on what daytime game show? The Price is Right
3. You have to be depressed to eat them, basically: That's the origin of the diminished-capacity legal defense named for what cakes? Twinkies (WTG Juju, maybe that was too San Francisco of a question)
4. 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
5. The third letter of the Greek alphabet shares its name with what type of radiation? gamma
6. What weapon gets its name from a fruit that gets its name from the Latin for “many-seeded apple”? grenade (needed the weapon but you all got the fruit!)
7. 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
8. Who wrote The Little Mermaid? Hans Christian Andersen
9. Important symbol of the French Revolution, the Bastille was a what? prison
10. How many interior angles does a pentagon have? 5
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 9:49 am
New set and good luck!
11. What product was invented in 1953 following 39 failed attempts to create a substance that effectively displaced water?
12. Skin sometimes totally covers the mostly-vestigial eyes of what garden diggers?
13. After filming a pirate movie in 2003, which actor had both a sparrow and the name of his son Jack tattooed on his arm?
14. “Little boy blue, come blow your horn, the sheep's in the meadow, and ?
15. "The Lady with the Lamp" was the nickname for who?
16. The Christian group formally known as the Religious Society of Friends is commonly known as the what?
17. What is Cher's full first name?
18. Is Ireland part of the EU?
19. In 2014, a report came out indicating that the Vatican at the time consumed the most "what" per capita?
20. A male swan is a cob – the female is a what?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 10:19 am
11. WD40
12. MOLES
13. JOHNNY DEPP
14. COWS IN THE CORN
15. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
16. QUAKERS
17. CHERILYN
I8. YES
19. WINE?
20. PEN
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 12:05 pm
12.moles?
13.Johnny Depp
16.Quakers -went to a memorial for a former neighbour at the Quaker Meeting house not too far away
17.Cherilyn
18.I believe so
19.wine?
20.a female swan or swanling
Nice day high 20's (celius) and sunny
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 8:57 pm
Nope, Twinkie Defense was not too SF-centric. I just now looked it up, and it was 1979, when we were living in Tampa and moving to Miami.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 9:15 pm
Guesses for new set, and Bigdog is still awake. We are in a motel in Seattle preparatory to Saturday morning re-do of Bigdog's failed brain surgery. Not to worry, it's a pretty safe surgery these days, and he has waited 16 years to get it until the surgery became more safe.
11. Bigdog says "You couldn't get WD-40 out of that? Huh!
12. moles
13. Johnny Depp
14. the cows in the corn
15. Florence Nightingale
16. Quakers
17. Cherilyn
18. No, say both Bigdog and I
19. wine probably
20. pen, one of those trivia questions one just memorizes
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, September 20, 2024 - 10:38 am
I am under the weather today so I probably won't post answers until tomorrow unless I feel better later.
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Friday, September 20, 2024 - 5:46 pm
Good luck to Juju especially your hubby.if Granny Trivia feel 100% soon.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, September 21, 2024 - 10:52 am
Good morning and happy Sunday! Juju, thinking of you and Bigdog today. Praying all goes swimmingly. I am feeling better still not 100%. Tested for Covid but don't have it, thank goodness. We are going to Vegas on Thursday. Congrats on a perfect game again, OG!
Answers:
11. What product was invented in 1953 following 39 failed attempts to create a substance that effectively displaced water? WD-40
12. Skin sometimes totally covers the mostly-vestigial eyes of what garden diggers? moles
13. After filming a pirate movie in 2003, which actor had both a sparrow and the name of his son Jack tattooed on his arm? Johnny Depp
14. “Little boy blue, come blow your horn, the sheep's in the meadow, and ? the cow.s in the corn
15. "The Lady with the Lamp" was the nickname for who? Florence Nightingale
16. The Christian group formally known as the Religious Society of Friends is commonly known as the what? Quakers
17. What is Cher's full first name? Cherilyn
18. Is Ireland part of the EU? yes
19. In 2014, a report came out indicating that the Vatican at the time consumed the most "what" per capita? wine
20. A male swan is a cob – the female is a what? pen
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, September 21, 2024 - 11:19 am
New set and good luck!
21. Kapow! Frisbee and Hula-Hoop are the best-known products of what company named for a violent sound effect?
22. "Borealis" and "australis" are the two types of what beautiful sky-color displays?
23. Swarovski is a producer of glass and crystals from where?
24. How many von Trapp children are there in the Sound of Music?
25. "There's no crying in baseball!" is a quote from what sport-themed film?
26. What is comic book character Charlie Brown's sister's name?
27. Debby Boone had the longest-running No 1 hit of the 1970s with what movie theme?
28. What is the right side page of a book called?
29. What is the capital of Venezuela?
30. Who currently holds the title of Princess Royal?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Saturday, September 21, 2024 - 12:16 pm
21. NO IDEA
22. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN LIGHTS
23. NOW I KNOW
24. SEVEN?
25. A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
26. SALLY
27. YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
28. RECTO
29. CARACAS
30. ANNE
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Saturday, September 21, 2024 - 7:09 pm
Glad you are 98.6% better. Hope lady luck is in Vegas with you.
Og congrats a perfect score
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Saturday, September 21, 2024 - 7:14 pm
23.nortern/ southern lights - seen northern lights once or twice
23.Czech republic
24.7?
25.A League of Their Own
27.You Light Up My Life
29.Caracas
30.Anne
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Saturday, September 21, 2024 - 11:01 pm
Guesses for new set:
21. Whammo (or Wammo?), and I only know that because I am exactly the right age for this question - my family somehow had one of the very first Frisbees, also called Pluto Platters, and made by Whammo
22. auroras
23. Austria
24. 7, don't make me count them, too late tonight
25. A League of Their Own!
26. Sally
27. Dunno
28. I think I actually know this, but can't come up with it.
29. Caracas
30. Probably Princess Anne
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 12:10 pm
Good afternoon and happy Sunday! I am moving very slowly today. Still not feeling so hot. Yuck. Juju, how is Bigdog doing today?
Answers:
21. Kapow! Frisbee and Hula-Hoop are the best-known products of what company named for a violent sound effect? Wham-O (WTG Juju)
22. "Borealis" and "australis" are the two types of what beautiful sky-color displays? auroras (WTG Juju, that's the word we are looking for)
23. Swarovski is a producer of glass and crystals from where? Austria (WTG Juju)
24. How many von Trapp children are there in the Sound of Music? 7
25. "There's no crying in baseball!" is a quote from what sport-themed film? A League of Their Own
26. What is comic book character Charlie Brown's sister's name? Sally
27. Debby Boone had the longest-running No 1 hit of the 1970s with what movie theme? You Light Up My Life
28. What is the right side page of a book called? recto (WTG OG)
29. What is the capital of Venezuela? Caracas
30. Who currently holds the title of Princess Royal? Princess Anne
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 12:18 pm
New set and good luck!
31. Easter Island is part of which South American country?
32. Which city was Wild Bill Hickok killed in?
33. What line is located at 0 degrees longitude?
34. What shapes are used in a Venn diagram?
35. Which major European city has zero stop signs?
36. How many lanes does an Olympic swimming pool have?
37. What is the westernmost state in the US?
38. What is the Hungarian word for red pepper?
39. In what city does Spider Man live and protect?
40. What is the first name of Magnum P.I.?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 2:27 pm
31. CHILI
32. DEADWOOD
33. PRIME MERIDIAN
34. NO IDEA
35. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
36. NOW I KNOW
37. ALASKA
38. PAPRIKA
39. NYC
40. FORGOT
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 10:58 pm
Bigdog update in my member folder, doing well, and we are safely home from 90 mile trip to Seattle in some of the worst traffic in our whole country, coming from someone who has lived in Miami, Houston, and north of Seattle, and also driven Seattle and Chicago rush hours on the same day. Seattle was much worse
Guesses for new set:
31. Chile, have been there 2-3 times and sailed by Easter Island, but not docked there on a cruise.
32. Dodge City
33. prime meridian, have been across it quite a few times, and have been at 0-0 once.
34. circles
35. guessing London
36. 16?
37. Hawaii
38. paprika
39. New York City
40. Thomas
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