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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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