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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Saturday, August 02, 2025 - 10:37 pm 
Guesses for new set:
1. USA
2. 3
3. Buffalo
4. Red Sea - The time our cruise ship got surrounded by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Oman, our captain said we would be safe once we entered the Red Sea, as the pirates would not follow us in there.
5. hog/pig
6. Audrey Hepburn
7. inhaler
8. Cyrus
9. Psycho
10. Kangaroo, too easy
We played a lot of trivia on the cruise we returned from today, did not make top four of the 26+ progressive trivia (cumulative scores over the length of the cruise) teams who played all 10-11 sea days that progressive trivia was held. We did make the leader-board of top 10 or so teams at various points. It is very difficult to win at trivia on cruise ships these days, as each line tends to re-use their trivia questions, and many of those playing have been on many, many cruises of their favorite cruise line and have memorized the answers to the really hard questions.
I did have a partner this time who suddenly realized I might not be joking when I confessed that I sometimes I just "make up" answers and they are right. She exclaimed, "you really do just snatch those answers out of the air!" when I made a wild guess at something, and then it turned out to be correct. Y'all are used to me making up answers here, and I usually confess when I do it.
Oh, and yes, we are back. It was pure living hell fighting our way back home from getting off the ship in Brooklyn to Seattle - delays getting off the ship, delays getting on tour buses for multiple hundreds of people who all booked a package deal, delays with overbooked flights to everywhere at the Newark airport, and when we finally got to Seattle, the hotel shuttle and car park shuttles were all full, and it was creeping on toward midnight, and we waited an hour and a half for the hotel shuttle, and finally took a taxi to the hotel post-midnight, and also pissed off the taxi driver who only got $25 for the 1.5 mile run to our hotel.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, August 03, 2025 - 10:38 am
Good morning and happy Tuesday! Happy to have you back, Juju. You were missed.
Answers:
1. Which country has hosted the most Olympic games? USA
2. How many brains does an octopus have? 9
3. What city, located at the head of the Niagara River, is the seat of New York's Erie County? Buffalo
4. The Gulf of Oman connects the Persian Gulf with what sea? Arabian Sea
5. Prosciutto is derived from the meat of what animal? pig
6. Who played the blind character in the movie "Wait Until Dark"? Audrey Hepburn
7. What common medical apparatus was designed using aerosol hairspray as an inspiration? inhaler
8. What was the first name of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo? Quincy
9. According to the American Film Institute, what 1960 film is the thrilling-est ever? Psycho
10. Alice Springs, Australia is home to the world's largest sanctuary for what hoppy national mascot? kangaroo
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, August 03, 2025 - 10:53 am
New set and good luck!
11. What is the handicap of a "scratch" golfer?
12. How many bags of wool did "Baa Baa Black Sheep" have?
13. An "angelast" is someone who never does what?
14. According to Occam's Razor, which solution is usually correct?
15. What type of vessel was the Kon-Tiki?
16. What is a "djinn" better known as?
17. What is the flavor of those chewy, orange marshmallow circus peanuts?
18. According to the 1961 song "Can't Help Falling in Love," what do wise men say "only fools" do?
19. David Daniel Kaminsky was UNICEF's first goodwill ambassador, appointed in 1954. What was the stage name of this American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and musician?
20. Canada has coastlines on how many oceans?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Sunday, August 03, 2025 - 11:58 am
11. THEY SHOOT PAR?
12. THREE BAGS
13. LIES?
14. SIMPLEST
15. RAFT
16. GENIE
17. NO IDEA...ORANGE
18. RUSH IN
19. DANNY KAYE
20. THREE
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Sunday, August 03, 2025 - 1:48 pm
`11.one
12.3 bags full
13.never tells the truth
14.easiest/simplest
15.raft
17.citrus -never heard of them
18.rush in
19.Danny Kaye
20.3 Pacific, Artic and Atlantic
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, August 04, 2025 - 10:48 am
Good morning and happy Monday!
Answers:
11. What is the handicap of a "scratch" golfer? zero
12. How many bags of wool did "Baa Baa Black Sheep" have? 3
13. An "angelast" is someone who never does what? laughs
14. According to Occam's Razor, which solution is usually correct? the simplest
15. What type of vessel was the Kon-Tiki? raft
16. What is a "djinn" better known as? genie (WTG OG)
17. What is the flavor of those chewy, orange marshmallow circus peanuts? banana
18. According to the 1961 song "Can't Help Falling in Love," what do wise men say "only fools" do? rush in
19. David Daniel Kaminsky was UNICEF's first goodwill ambassador, appointed in 1954. What was the stage name of this American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and musician? Danny Kaye
20. Canada has coastlines on how many oceans? 3
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, August 04, 2025 - 11:16 am
New set and good luck!
21. How many biological children did Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have together?
22. How many countries make up Scandinavia?
23. How many blades are there on a kayak paddle?
24. "Amazing Grace" got a big come-up in "Star Trek II," when Spock died and Scotty played him out on what instrument?
25. Accord means agreement or conformity. It is also the model of car produced by which automobile manufacturer?
26. How many fairies were there in 'Snow White'?
27. How old was Billy the Kid when he was killed?
28. What is the largest brass instrument in an orchestra?
29. What is the name of Captain Ahab’s ship in Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick?
30. Which 1939 film was the first color film to win a best picture Academy Award?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Monday, August 04, 2025 - 11:44 am
21. THREE...I STAYED OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT
22. THREE COUNTRIES
23. TWO...ONE AT EACH END
24. BAGPIPE
25. HONDA?
26. A WHOLE BUNCH
27. NOW I KNOW
28. TUBA
29. PEQUOD
30. GONE WITH THE WIND
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Monday, August 04, 2025 - 12:19 pm
21.3
22.3 countries Norway, Finland,Copenhagen
24.Bagpipe I am assuming almost never watched it
25.Honda
26.7?
27.21?
28.French horn?
30.Gone with the wind
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Monday, August 04, 2025 - 10:07 pm
Guesses for new set:
21. 2
22. 3
23. 2
24. bagpipes
25. Honda
26. 12
27. 21
28. tuba
29. The Pequod, which was a question on cruise trivia
30. Gone With The Wind
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, August 05, 2025 - 10:41 am
Good morning and happy Tuesday!
Answers:
21. How many biological children did Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have together? 3
22. How many countries make up Scandinavia? 3
23. How many blades are there on a kayak paddle? 2
24. "Amazing Grace" got a big come-up in "Star Trek II," when Spock died and Scotty played him out on what instrument? bagpipes
25. Accord means agreement or conformity. It is also the model of car produced by which automobile manufacturer? Honda
26. How many fairies were there in 'Snow White'? none
27. How old was Billy the Kid when he was killed? 22
28. What is the largest brass instrument in an orchestra? tuba
29. What is the name of Captain Ahab’s ship in Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick? Pequod
30. Which 1939 film was the first color film to win a best picture Academy Award? Gone With the Wind
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, August 05, 2025 - 10:52 am
New set and good luck!
31. If something happens “semiweekly,” how frequently does it occur?
32. Vanilla Ice had a one hit wonder in 1990 with which song?
33. Spun off from full-color Kindle branding in 2014, Amazon's smart-TV platform is called WHAT-TV?
34. With its themes of lost innocence and depravity, "East of Eden" is set in what U.S. state?
35. As of 2025, which country has the highest percentage of tattooed people: Canada, Mexico, Italy or France?
36. Zahara and Maddox are the adopted children of which Hollywood star?
37. In Britain, what shape is the road sign "Stop"?
38. How many horizontal rows of stars are there on the US flag?
39. What was Charlie Brown's father's profession?
40. What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Tuesday, August 05, 2025 - 12:00 pm
31. TWICE A WEEK
32. NO IDEA
33. NO IDEA
34. CALIFORNIA
35. NOW KNOW
36. ANGELINA JOLIE
37. NOW I KNOW
38. NINE ROWS
39. BARBER
40. DELTA
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 05, 2025 - 12:54 pm
31.2 x a week
34.California
35.Mexico?
36.Angelina Jolie
37.round
38.8
39.carpenter
40.Delta
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Tuesday, August 05, 2025 - 9:48 pm
Bwahahahaha!!! I, of course, watched Snow White as a child, as in THE original Snow White film, in a theater, whose admission price was probably no more than 25 cents, and I sure as hell don't remember any fairies, but it is such a stupid question to ask if there were indeed NO fairies, so I made something up.
Guesses for new set:
31. twice a week
32. Sugar Sugar
33. Paperwhite, no idea
34. Nevada
35. Mexico
36. Angelina Jolie
37. round, I think
38. 9
39. dentist
40. Delta
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 06, 2025 - 11:14 am
Good morning and happy Wednesday!
Answers:
31. If something happens “semiweekly,” how frequently does it occur? twice per week
32. Vanilla Ice had a one hit wonder in 1990 with which song? Ice Ice Baby
33. Spun off from full-color Kindle branding in 2014, Amazon's smart-TV platform is called WHAT-TV? Fire
34. With its themes of lost innocence and depravity, "East of Eden" is set in what U.S. state? California
35. As of 2025, which country has the highest percentage of tattooed people: Canada, Mexico, Italy or France? Italy
36. Zahara and Maddox are the adopted children of which Hollywood star? Angelina Jolie
37. In Britain, what shape is the road sign "Stop"? octagon
38. How many horizontal rows of stars are there on the US flag? 9
39. What was Charlie Brown's father's profession? barber (WTG OG)
40. What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet? Delta
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 06, 2025 - 11:32 am
New set and good luck!
41. Alaska’s flag shows the Big Dipper plus the North Star, which means it has how many total stars?
42. In the 1982 film, what is the name of the boy who finds ET?
43. What did Franklin D Roosevelt say is the only thing we have to fear?
44. The maximum speed attainable by an object as it falls through a fluid is known as "what" velocity?
45. According to the phrase, what does it take "to raise a child"?
46. Who was the star of the 1979 movie Mad Max?
47. The Russian name Ivan is the equivalent of which English name?
48. What is the real name of the tower most often called Big Ben?
49. What kind of stone is the Taj Mahal made of?
50. Two African parrots of the genus Agapornis are better known as what?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 06, 2025 - 12:13 pm
41. IT HAS THE BIG DIPPER WITH SEVEN SO THAT MAKES 8 STARS
42. DON'T REMEMBER
43. FEAR ITSELF
44. TERMINAL
45. VILLAGE
46. MEL GIBSON?
47. JOHN
48. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
49. MARBLE
50. LOVEBIRDS
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Thursday, August 07, 2025 - 10:27 am
41.6
43.fear itself
45.village
46.Mel Gibson and Tina Turner had a role in it too
47.John?
49.marble
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, August 07, 2025 - 10:32 am
Good morning and happy Thursday!
Answers:
41. Alaska’s flag shows the Big Dipper plus the North Star, which means it has how many total stars? 8 (WTG OG)
42. In the 1982 film, what is the name of the boy who finds ET? Elliott
43. What did Franklin D Roosevelt say is the only thing we have to fear? fear itself
44. The maximum speed attainable by an object as it falls through a fluid is known as "what" velocity? terminal (WTG OG)
45. According to the phrase, what does it take "to raise a child"? a village
46. Who was the star of the 1979 movie Mad Max? Mel Gibson (This man did not age gracefully)
47. The Russian name Ivan is the equivalent of which English name? John
48. What is the real name of the tower most often called Big Ben? Elizabeth Tower (I will give you that, WTG OG)
49. What kind of stone is the Taj Mahal made of? marble
50. Two African parrots of the genus Agapornis are better known as what? love birds (WTG OG)
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