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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 07, 2025 - 11:15 am 
New set and good luck!
1. What magazine claims to have popularized the phrase "sex appeal": Cosmopolitan, Variety, Playboy or Vogue?
2. Before failing pretty spectacularly, Republicans stumping for Herbert Hoover promised to fill all American pots with what entree?
3. What is the capital of Tunisia?
4. The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was founded in which city?
5. Who created the TV show "30 Rock"?
6. Who does Eddie Murphy trade places with in the 1983 movie "Trading Places"?
7. McDonald’s restaurant periodically runs a themed promotion based on what game?
8. What is the largest artery in the human body?
9. What song was used as the theme for the Three Stooges"?
10. What was the name of Fred Sanford’s late wife on the TV show "Sanford & Son"?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Friday, March 07, 2025 - 11:33 am
1. PLAYBOY
2. A CAR IN EVERY GARAGE AND A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT
3. TUNIS
4. SAN FRANCISCO
5. NO IDEA
6. DAN AYKROYD
7. NO IDEA
8. AORTA
9. THREE BLIND MICE
10. NO IDEA
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Friday, March 07, 2025 - 4:04 pm
1.Cosmopolitan
2.steak
4.San Francisco
6.Dan Ackryod
7.Monopoly
10.Sandy
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Friday, March 07, 2025 - 10:30 pm
Guesses for new set:
1. Playboy
2. A chicken in every pot
3. Tunis
4. San Francisco, lived there for five years 1995-2000
5. Dunno, never seen it
6. a millionaire
7. Monopoly
8. aorta
9. Three Blind Mice
10. Wanda
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, March 08, 2025 - 10:47 am
Good morning and happy Saturday! It is a beautiful day here in the bay area which is nice since it is supposed to rain all next week.
Answers:
1. What magazine claims to have popularized the phrase "sex appeal": Cosmopolitan, Variety, Playboy or Vogue? Variety
2. Before failing pretty spectacularly, Republicans stumping for Herbert Hoover promised to fill all American pots with what entree? chicken
3. What is the capital of Tunisia? Tunis
4. The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was founded in which city? San Francisco (A must stop at the wharf, the best hot chocolate!)
5. Who created the TV show "30 Rock"? Tina Fey
6. Who does Eddie Murphy trade places with in the 1983 movie "Trading Places"? Dan Aykroyd
7. McDonald’s restaurant periodically runs a themed promotion based on what game? Monopoly
8. What is the largest artery in the human body? aorta
9. What song was used as the theme for the Three Stooges"? Three Blind Mice
10. What was the name of Fred Sanford’s late wife on the TV show "Sanford & Son"? Elizabeth
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, March 08, 2025 - 11:08 am
New set and good luck!
11. What deceased film star was dug up and held for ransom in 1978?
12. According to Russ Byars, the Guinness World Record holder for stone skipping, the best angle for a stone to hit the water is what: 20 degrees, 25 degrees, 30 degrees or 50 degrees?
13. "Ogres are like onions" is one of the many deep insights offered in 2001 by what big green character?
14. Unlike plain old onions, scallions get harvested before what structure gets a chance to swell up to full size?
15. In which country is the city of Pretoria?
16. What is the name of the mother sauce typically used in lasagna?
17. Who is the youngest player to win Wimbledon's gentlemen's singles title?
18. Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking an extract from which poisonous plant?
19. Jamaica is considered part of what continent?
20.What time zone is the North Pole in?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Saturday, March 08, 2025 - 1:07 pm
11. CHARLIE CHAPLIN
12. 25 DEGREES
13. NO IDEA
14. BULB
15. SOUTH AFRICA
16. NO IDEA
17. NOW I KNOW
18. HEMLOCK
19. NORTH AMERICA...WENT TO THE FALLS
20. PROBABLY NO TIME ZONE
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Saturday, March 08, 2025 - 1:33 pm
sunny and cold wind here
12.30
14.bulb
15.South Africa
16.mananra
17.Aggasi?
19.North America
20.Central time zone
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Saturday, March 08, 2025 - 10:08 pm
too late and time change and WAY too many things on the TO DO list
Sorry. Thanks Mamie!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, March 09, 2025 - 10:54 am
Good morning and happy Sunday!
Answers:
11. What deceased film star was dug up and held for ransom in 1978? Charlie Chaplin (WTG OG)
12. According to Russ Byars, the Guinness World Record holder for stone skipping, the best angle for a stone to hit the water is what: 20 degrees, 25 degrees, 30 degrees or 50 degrees? 20
13. "Ogres are like onions" is one of the many deep insights offered in 2001 by what big green character? Shrek
14. Unlike plain old onions, scallions get harvested before what structure gets a chance to swell up to full size? bulb
15. In which country is the city of Pretoria? South Africa
16. What is the name of the mother sauce typically used in lasagna? bechamel
17. Who is the youngest player to win Wimbledon's gentlemen's singles title? Boris Becker
18. Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking an extract from which poisonous plant? hemlock (WTG OG)
19. Jamaica is considered part of what continent? North America
20.What time zone is the North Pole in? none (WTG OG)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, March 09, 2025 - 11:10 am
New set and good luck!
21. Lhasa is situated in which mountain range?
22. According to the United Nations, who is the most widely translated individual author in the world?
23. Often called the most international river in the world, which waterway passes through 10 countries?
24. The Genessee and Niagara are two of the better-known rivers that drain into what lowest of the Great Lakes?
25. According to (semi-disputed) inventor Trader Vic, what drink got its name when Tahitian friends called it "the best"?
26. St George's Channel separates mainland Britain from where?
27. In tennis, tie-breakers are played at what score in a set?
28. As well as a heart, what other organ did a patient receive in the world's first successful double-organ transplant in 1981?
29. With which sport is Lionel Messi associated?
30. The kookaburra is known for replicating what sound?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Sunday, March 09, 2025 - 12:39 pm
21. HIMALAYAS
22. THAT'S FUNNY AS I JUST WATCHED DAVID SUCHET FOLLOWING AGATHA CHRISTIE'S TRAVELS THAT SHE TOOK IN THE EARLY 20'S WHEN SHE HAD ONLY ONE BOOK PUBLISHED. IT IS ON BRITBOX AND VERY INTERESTING!
23. DANUBE
24. LAKE ONTARIO
25. MAI TAI
26. IRELAND
27. 6-6
28. HEART/LUNG
29. SOCCER
30. LAUGH...SILLY BIRD
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Sunday, March 09, 2025 - 2:16 pm
22.Agtha Christie
23.Danube
24.Lake Ontario
25.Mai Tai , we used to have Trader Vics here in the Hilton hotel now Ruth Chris steakhouse
26.Ireland
28.duce or 6 vs 6
29.football or as we know it soccer
30.laughter
MA
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Sunday, March 09, 2025 - 9:33 pm
And pass again. too many things to do.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 10, 2025 - 9:39 am
Good morning and happy Monday!
Answers:
21. Lhasa is situated in which mountain range? Himalayas (WTG OG)
22. According to the United Nations, who is the most widely translated individual author in the world? Agatha Christie (I saw that on there, OG, I am going to have to check it out)
23. Often called the most international river in the world, which waterway passes through 10 countries? Danube
24. The Genessee and Niagara are two of the better-known rivers that drain into what lowest of the Great Lakes? Lake Ontario
25. According to (semi-disputed) inventor Trader Vic, what drink got its name when Tahitian friends called it "the best"? mai tai
26. St George's Channel separates mainland Britain from where? Ireland
27. In tennis, tie-breakers are played at what score in a set? 6 - 6
28. As well as a heart, what other organ did a patient receive in the world's first successful double-organ transplant in 1981? lung (WTG OG)
29. With which sport is Lionel Messi associated? soccer
30. The kookaburra is known for replicating what sound? laughing
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, March 10, 2025 - 9:50 am
New set and good luck!
31. According to stage musical My Fair Lady, "In Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire, Hurricanes hardly ..." what?
32. What kind of food is Spanish chorizo?
33. What is the largest living member of the deer family?
34. Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen and what?
35. How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died?
36. According to the Bible, whose strength was taken away after his hair was cut?
37. Who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Sarah Tobias in The Accused?
38. Edging towards a total of 450 million inhabitants, how many sovereign states are in South America?
39. Which Vietnamese city has the largest population – Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh?
40. In the classic kids' rhyme, when the ants go marching two by two, the little one stops to what?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-03-2001
| Monday, March 10, 2025 - 10:32 am
31. EVER HAPPEN
32. NO IDEA
33. MOOSE
34. FAT?
35. 36?
36. SAMSON...SHE TIED HIM TO A KITCHEN CHAIR AND CUT HIS HAIR
37. JODIE FOSTER
38. NO IDEA
39. HANOI
40. NEVER HEARD IT
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Deanofwords
Member
09-13-2005
| Monday, March 10, 2025 - 12:27 pm
31.happen
32.spicy sausage
33.moose
35.37?
36.Samson
37.Foster
38.38?
39.been to both Hanoi
40.eat?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Monday, March 10, 2025 - 10:35 pm
Guesses for new set: 31. ever hapen
32. pork sausage
33. moose, I suppose - those suckers are gigantic
34. oxygen
35. 36
36. Samson
37. Jodie Foster
38. 27, no idea
39. Hanoi - have been to Ho Chi Minh City twice, and Hanoi once.
40. tie his shoe, I had to learn this song when a neighbor's parrot got loose, and I was going to be walking the neighborhood it might be loose in. She said it was the bird's favorite song, and he could be lured close with it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 10:20 am
Good morning and happy Tuesday!
Answers:
31. According to stage musical My Fair Lady, "In Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire, Hurricanes hardly ..." what? happen
32. What kind of food is Spanish chorizo? sausage
33. What is the largest living member of the deer family? moose
34. Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen and what? oxygen (WTG juju)
35. How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died? 36
36. According to the Bible, whose strength was taken away after his hair was cut? Samson
37. Who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Sarah Tobias in The Accused? Jodie Foster
38. Edging towards a total of 450 million inhabitants, how many sovereign states are in South America? 12
39. Which Vietnamese city has the largest population – Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh? Ho Chi Minh
40. In the classic kids' rhyme, when the ants go marching two by two, the little one stops to what? tie his shoe (WTG Juju) (and they all go marching down, to the ground, to get out of the rain)
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