Put on your thinking caps! It's question and answer time.

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Peterbilt and Kenworth are a type, of what? Motors

 

What was the gangsters George Nelson's nickname? Baby Face Nelson

 

True or false: A snake hears with it's tongue? True, picks up vibrations with the tongue

 

What was Lot's wife turned into?Pillar of Salt

 

What does a tailor do with his plonker? I beg your pardon!!!

 

Would you eat an Edzell blue? If it were a potato dish I would

 

What does wear your heart on your sleeve mean? Showing your feelings

 

If you guys get stumped, go ahead and look em' up.  We're just doing this for fun, and to keep our brains tuned-up.

 

Thanks for the fun questions, PJ. It's been a while for me to post here, too. Thanks for keeping it fresh. Happy Halloween!

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Was Nehi real?? Sounds like Eli drank it, too.

 

What is the largest sesamoid, or floating, bone in your body?

 

What tree has three different shaped leaves?

 

Who was the first American to play in the National Hockey League?

 

What coin was placed under center ice during the Olympics in Vancouver?

 

Has Niagara Falls ever run dry?

 

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Was Nehi real?? Sounds like Eli drank it, too. It was real. I was at a Cracker Barrel restaurant last Friday and I believe I saw some bottles of Nehi.

 

What is the largest sesamoid, or floating, bone in your body? knee cap?

What tree has three different shaped leaves? sassafras

Who was the first American to play in the National Hockey League?

 

What coin was placed under center ice during the Olympics in Vancouver?

 

Has Niagara Falls ever run dry?

 

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Was Nehi real?? Sounds like Eli drank it, too. It was real. I was at a Cracker Barrel restaurant last Friday and I believe I saw some bottles of Nehi. -WOW. Next time I am down there, I will look for it.

 

What is the largest sesamoid, or floating, bone in your body? knee cap? Yes

What tree has three different shaped leaves? sassafras  Yes   

Who was the first American to play in the National Hockey League?  Gerry Geran, in 1917.

 

What coin was placed under center ice during the Olympics in Vancouver?  A Canadian one dollar coin (a loonie).

 

Has Niagara Falls ever run dry?  Both US and Canadian falls stopped due to ice jam in 1848. The American falls have been stopped since, by ice jams. Once, the falls were stopped by the Army corp of Engineers - so they could "repair" the damage done to the rocks by the falls, really trying to deal with the erosion.

 

I was thinking of some other questions, but WAY to easy for us (although maybe not for the general population):

Name 10 withdrawal symptoms of benzos. (20 symptoms?....30?)

What is a benzo equivalence table?

Name the clinical pharmacist, now a professor, who first figured out how to taper benzos?

 

And to help pj: How do you grow chickens??

 

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Peterbilt and Kenworth are a type, of what? Motors

 

What was the gangsters George Nelson's nickname? Baby Face Nelson

 

True or false: A snake hears with it's tongue? True, picks up vibrations with the tongue

 

What was Lot's wife turned into?Pillar of Salt

 

What does a tailor do with his plonker? I beg your pardon!!!

 

Would you eat an Edzell blue? If it were a potato dish I would

 

What does wear your heart on your sleeve mean? Showing your feelings

 

If you guys get stumped, go ahead and look em' up.  We're just doing this for fun, and to keep our brains tuned-up.

 

Thanks for the fun questions, PJ. It's been a while for me to post here, too. Thanks for keeping it fresh. Happy Halloween!

 

Grace,  So nice to see you here. Happy Halloween to you too.

 

Peterbilt and Kenworth are semi-trucks, top of the line.

 

You can eat an Edzell blue because it is a potato.

 

A plonker is an old, old term, referring to an iron the tailor used to smooth the wrinkles in clothing.

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Was Nehi real?? Sounds like Eli drank it, too. It was real. I was at a Cracker Barrel restaurant last Friday and I believe I saw some bottles of Nehi. -WOW. Next time I am down there, I will look for it.

 

What is the largest sesamoid, or floating, bone in your body? knee cap? Yes

What tree has three different shaped leaves? sassafras  Yes   

Who was the first American to play in the National Hockey League?  Gerry Geran, in 1917.

 

What coin was placed under center ice during the Olympics in Vancouver?  A Canadian one dollar coin (a loonie).

 

Has Niagara Falls ever run dry?  Both US and Canadian falls stopped due to ice jam in 1848. The American falls have been stopped since, by ice jams. Once, the falls were stopped by the Army corp of Engineers - so they could "repair" the damage done to the rocks by the falls, really trying to deal with the erosion.

 

I was thinking of some other questions, but WAY to easy for us (although maybe not for the general population):

Name 10 withdrawal symptoms of benzos. (20 symptoms?....30?)

What is a benzo equivalence table?

Name the clinical pharmacist, now a professor, who first figured out how to taper benzos?

 

And to help pj: How do you grow chickens??

 

 

hana, regarding growing chickens, I will find a Medium and have a se'ance to contact Colonel Sanders. He will know.

 

 

Richard Penniman became famous as Little-------

 

What actor was dubbed the muscles from Brussels?

 

What is Erse?

 

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

 

If you had a Brassica Rapa, what vegetable would you have?

 

True or false: The Greeks invented bedsprings?

 

What does Get down to brass tacks mean?

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If you have a se'ance with Colonel Sanders, can I come?? It would be virtual reality anyway, so we could do it over the internet 

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Also, might want to look up the current meaning of plonker.....  or maybe you did..

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Get down to brass tacks - means getting down to work.

[[Gr...]]

 

hana, regarding growing chickens, I will find a Medium and have a se'ance to contact Colonel Sanders. He will know.

 

 

Richard Penniman became famous as Little-------Little Richard

 

What actor was dubbed the muscles from Brussels? Jean Claude Van Damme

 

What is Erse?

 

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? Francis Scott Key

 

If you had a Brassica Rapa, what vegetable would you have? Turnip

 

True or false: The Greeks invented bedsprings? I have wondered...

 

What does Get down to brass tacks mean? Get down to business

 

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Also, might want to look up the current meaning of plonker.....  or maybe you did..

 

After Grace wrote, "beg your pardon" I figured I better look it up. I must live a sheltered life, never knew it had all those meanings.

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hana, regarding growing chickens, I will find a Medium and have a se'ance to contact Colonel Sanders. He will know.

 

 

Richard Penniman became famous as Little-------Little Richard

 

What actor was dubbed the muscles from Brussels? Jean Claude Van Damme

 

What is Erse?

 

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? Francis Scott Key

 

If you had a Brassica Rapa, what vegetable would you have? Turnip

 

True or false: The Greeks invented bedsprings? I have wondered...

 

What does Get down to brass tacks mean? Get down to business

 

 

You're firing on all cylinders, Grace.

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Who was Olive Oyl's boyfriend before she met Popeye?

 

In China what color does the bride traditionally wear?

 

What was the nationality of Thor Heyerdahl?

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Who was Olive Oyl's boyfriend before she met Popeye?  ?

 

In China what color does the bride traditionally wear? Red

 

What was the nationality of Thor Heyerdahl?  Norwegian

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What is the name of the volcano in Iceland that erupted in 2010?

 

How many official languages are there in South Africa?

 

What is the heaviest animal?

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Who was Olive Oyl's boyfriend before she met Popeye?  ?

 

In China what color does the bride traditionally wear? Red

 

What was the nationality of Thor Heyerdahl?  Norwegian

 

You got them right

 

 

 

hanna, I'm not making this up.....the boyfriend's name was Ham Gravy

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When a clock strikes 13, what time is it?

 

Canada makes a beautiful gold coin, what is it called?

 

 

 

What is the name of the volcano in Iceland that erupted in 2010?

 

How many official languages are there in South Africa?

 

What is the heaviest animal?

 

don't know

 

I am going to guess 10

 

Is it the Blue Whale?

 

 

[[Wi...]]

What is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything? (at least based on Hitchhikers guide)

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don't know: Eyjafjallajökull  (almost impossible to say, unless you are Icelandic: called E15 by other people)

 

I am going to guess 10- really close: 11

 

Is it the Blue Whale? Yes.

 

Good thinking.

 

And I thought the name popeye was pretty bad!!!!!

 

 

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Who was Olive Oyl's boyfriend before she met Popeye?

Bluto?

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In the HGTTG the answer to the life ,universe & everything is 42.

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Good reference for that one! Thanks.

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Who was Olive Oyl's boyfriend before she met Popeye?

Bluto?

 

honeym it was Ham Gravy.....Bluto was her boyfriend wanna be, good guess though

[[Wi...]]

In the HGTTG the answer to the life ,universe & everything is 42.

 

Excellent!

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In what state are the San Gabriel Mountains?

 

True or False: the maiden name of Blondie Bumstead, the comic strip wife of hapless Dagwood, was Boopadoop?

 

How many books of the Bible are named after women?

 

Colonel Wm.F.Cody, army scout and Pony Express rider, is better known as who?

 

True or False: The largest single known gold object in the world is Tutankhamens Coffin?

 

What is the Graveyard shift?