Mountainmage: "What is the term for a group of rabbits?" Spammy: "A bugs of bunnies." applet222: "According to the ‘United States Government Printing Office Style Manual,’ residents of Utah can either be referred to as Utahns, Utahans, or ______." skep: "Mormons." applet222: "Utes." Mongo: "In New York City, a ute is a young person." applet222: "The elevated, treeless grassland of South Africa is called the ______." applet222: "The veld or the veldt." driving: "It's only called the veldt in the Yiddish section." peachie: "Oy geveldt." Jazz: "Veldt done, all." applet222: "Germany’s Air Minister Herman Goering put a price of $5,000 on this movie star’s head after he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at age 41." maxbearjr: "Stewart." jd_cajun_idiot_savant: "Gable." applet222: "Clark Gable." maxbearjr: "Stewart was a dollar ninety eight and a pack o gummy bears I guess." driving: "Frankly, applet, I don't give a damn." Jazz: "Well, tomorrow is another day, driving . . . so there!" peachie: "Don't know nuthin about no bounty." jd_cajun_idiot_savant: "I ain't nevah birthed no nazis." applet222: "Dolphins often travel in family groups. What are those groups called?" lobsterboy79: "Football teams." applet222: "FINISH THE PROVERB: ‘A drowning man is not troubled by _______.’" Mountainmage: "Fish." Lilah: "Drought." maxbearjr: "Water." peachie: "Worries." two_walri: "Air." ezy2000: "Raids." ezy2000: "Ex-wives." driving: "Income taxes." sally: "Sharks." softwolf: "Mariah Carey." Lilah: "Hunger." ezy2000: "Slugs." (Answer was 'rain') applet222: "What artist did Vincent Van Gogh quarrel with and stalk with a razor before cutting off the lower part of his own left ear? Sea_Urchin: "Gauguin." Jazz: "He gave the ear to a prostitute named Rachel - said it was a family 'ear'loom . . . ." Mountainmage: "That's an earful, Jazz." Jazz: "Ear ear!" Spammy: "I "hear" she wasn't impressed." applet222: "What state’s standard issue license plates feature a green silhouette of a mountain range beneath the slogan ‘Nothing Could Be Finer’?" peachie: "South Carolina." peachie: "North says 'First in Flight.'" Spammy: "Figured North said 'Shazam!'" maybe_its_me: "This important Italian philosopher from the 13th century is also known as Dr. Angelicus." skep: "Thomas Aquinas?" maxbearjr: "That sounds like a good Marvel villain." skep: "Yes, though it would be "St. Thomas Equinus" and he'd have the head of a horse. His henchman would ask him, 'Why the long face, boss?'" applet222: "What is Shakespeare’s only play to have an English place name in its title?" Lilah: "Merry wives of Windsor." driving: "They should make an updated version 'Desperate Housewives of Windsor.'" ezy2009: "<Am awaiting 'Sheboygan CSI'." applet222: "What is the term for a mechanism which hypothetically moves forever without being driven by an external source of energy?" carebear: "My mother in law's mouth." paulh: "Our lady of Perpetual Motion....mi alma mater" Mountainmage "I second that perpetual emotion." applet222: ‘What Star Wars character is an obese, slug-like alien crime lord and gangster?’ bubba: ‘Pizza the hut?’ Jazz: ‘What sort of weapon is a twibill (hand-held weapon of olden times)?’ bubba: ‘Don’t axe me.’ Jazz: ‘Bubba is correct!’ driving: ‘Q: What wine would Orson Welles not sell before its time?' bubba: ‘Mogan David.’ Jazz: ‘October 25, 1920: Greek King Alexander I dies a bizarre death, of sepsis, after being bitten by his exotic pet. What type of animal spelled Alexander's doom?’ donner_party_animal: ‘Where did it bite him anyway?’ shi: ‘In the asp.’ Jazz: ‘What are the fleshy filaments that surround the mouth of catfish and carp called?’ bubba: ‘Lips.’ Sassy: ‘The English call it ‘Dinner.” Jazz: ‘Also sometimes called a till, what is a field of rock debris that has been removed from its originally location and transported a distance away by a glacier called?’ Jazz: ‘Donner, Shi and Blavin are correct! A: Moraine or scree.' carebear: ‘I feel like a moraine in here.’ Lilah: ‘First Nations (Canada) poet Emma La Rocque wrote “The Red In Winter.” What’s the Red?” driving: ‘The national debt.’ driving: ‘In music, if C is the tonic, then what is G?’ Occams_Razor: ‘The gin.’ Jazz: ‘What German political philosopher wrote 'The Condition of the Working Class in England' in 1844?’ carebear: ‘It kant be marx.’ Peachie: ‘Who became Governor of Plymouth Colony in 1621?’ paulh: ‘Miles Standoffish.’ applet222: ‘Residents of Qatar are collectively known as this. (Correct spelling please!)’ shi: ‘Qats’ driving: ‘Quaterbacks.’ skep: ‘Qataracts!’ driving: ‘It takes some getting used to –to see yourself first and not even place in the question.' Occams_Razor: ‘Nah, driving. I experience that all the time. I’m married.’ applet222: ‘What group was formed by Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and George Harrison in 1988?’ driving: ‘Well I've heard of Jeff Lynne, but who are those other guys?’ applet222: ‘What “boy and horse” show, introduced to TV in 1956, couldn’t compete with the more popular series “Fury”?’ bubba: ‘Ron Reagan takes a wife’ Occams_Razor: ‘Wish I knew who Edgar Guest was other than the poet laureate of Michigan.’ carebear: ‘I didn't know or I would have guest at it.’ applet222: ‘What is the name given to a dry stream bed that fills with water briefly after a desert storm?’ bubba: ‘aroya’ bubba: ‘aroyal’ bubba: ‘aroyylo’ bubba: 'arollloya’ bubba: ‘crapola’ bubba: ‘I no it, cant speelt it.’ bubba: ‘arroya’ bubba: ‘Gully washer’ applet222: ‘What former governor was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 3, 1933 to be the first female director of the U. S. Mint?’ twentyone12: ‘June Carter Cash.’ applet222: "Haw" is a verbal command used to request a beast of burden to perform an action. What action?’ Occams_Razor: ‘My mule always goes left--Its a revolutionary. . . and the command for a mule to stop is "whoa , whoa s**t, whoa!"’ Hawber: ‘Wonders how many donkey drivers shout "haw" with the wife up front too.’ Occams_Razor: ‘Yelled haw at my car, damned thing rear ended the trunk in front of me.’ Jazz: ‘LL Cool J was one of the hottest rappers of the 80s and 90s. What did the two 'L's in his stage name stand for?’ Spammy: ‘Lurid loser.’ applet222: ‘Until recently, only the great apes and bottle nose dolphins were thought to be able to recognize themselves in a mirror. What animals have researchers recently added to the exclusive self-awareness club?’ skep: ‘Lawyers.’ Jazz: ‘The Battle of Balaclava, a key engagement of this war, was fought to an inconclusive draw on October 25, 1854. The battle was part of what wider war?’ shi: ‘Prefers baklava.’ driving: ‘Mmmm the battle of baklava.’ donner_party_animal: ‘Nuts vs. honey?’ Occams_Razor: ‘Pastries to the death.’ |