Have a list you want to quiz us with? If you do this right, Eric may live on this forum topic...

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

Answers

Katy-- Because I'm a big cheater and after "angry" and "hungry" I was stumped for so long, I looked it up. Check these out: aggry
gry
puggry

Now, what word in the dictionary has the most definitions?

And an easier one: What word ends in "-mt"?

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

oh, i do! of course, i could get shot down here because i have a hard time remembering if there are six or seven things in this list. but you tell me, okay?

the six (or seven) ways to get on base in baseball. and i'm not talking single, double, triple here.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

The ways are: hit Error base on balls feilder's choice passed ball balk I think that is it. But I'm not sure.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

What are the seven wonders of the ancient world?

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

Name the six wives of Henry VIII.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

Eric: you forgot struck by pitch, but I can't remember what the official name for that is, i.e., what they write in the score book.

Henry's wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Katherine Parr, in that order.

Bonus: how did each marriage end?

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

The only ancient wonders I can name without cheating are the hanging gardens of Babylon and the great pyramid of Giza, but the others are listed here. Don't look until you guess, though, you big cheaters.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived:)

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

Eric, you missed catcher's interference.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

Jane Seymour survived, but only if you consider a silly television show and a couple of hair commercials surviving.

Okay: name the three words in the English language that have a double 'u': 'uu'. And 'muu-muu' isn't English.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 1999

vacuum
continuum
And I can't think of another.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Great Sphinx, Temple of Zeus, the lighthouse of Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, the mausoleum at .. uh... at... uh... I forget. I think it starts with an H. The Temple of Artemis, and the Pyramid of Cheops. Wait, that's eight. Hang on.

OK, I got it. Scratch the Sphinx, add the Cheops thing. Here we go.

Hanging Gardens, Zeus Temple, lighthouse at Alexandria, Colossus of Rhodes, Temple of Artemis, mausoleum at H-city, Pyramid of Cheops.

Whoo! And Mom said I never learned anything in grade school.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Ooh, I just thought of a good one.

Name the first five or six (OK, I'm not precise) people in the chain of command of the United States. Extra credit for going further down the list without consulting a reference book!

OK Jan go bed now night night.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Okay, Eric boy, this may be too easy, but name all 10 Canadian provinces AND the territories, inlcuding the *new* one... don't go look it up either, eh?

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

What about the Muses?

The Furies?

and the Fates?

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

or the four horsemen of the apocalypse ... ? (bonus points if you know the names of the four wanna-be horsemen in neil gaiman's good omens ...)

chain of command or order of succession? i'm picky here ...

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

The fates are Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. I can't remember the Furies. Terpsichore and Polyhymnia are both Muses, but there are seven more whose names I can't remember.

But at least I didn't cheat.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

the horsemen was actually one of the lists in Eric's book. Let's see how good my retention memory works...

pestilience (which the book says is also famine and poverty)
war
death
and something like slaughter. I think it might be slaughter. It had something to do with blood flowing, that's all I remember.

The sad thing is I had to remember it by that Young Ones episode where the four guys were the horseman and Neil kept saying he was hungry and they kept telling Neil to shutup and he kept asking for a sandwich, and I think Rik was War or something and he was complaining about the fascists.

That's the saddest thing I've ever admitted. I learn my history and English Crit by watching British sitcoms.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

The only word in the English language with 3 double letters? i.e.: aa-bb-cc

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

bookkeeper!

And I think the Horsemen wannabes in Good Omens were like, Grievous Bodily Harm, People Who Suck, Ansaphones, and Really Cool People, but one of them kept changing, so I'm not real sure.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

The chain of command goes like this, I think: President, VP, Sec. of State, Secretary of Defense, Speaker of the House. . . and I can't remember the rest.

The 10 Provinces: Yukon Terr., Northwest Terr., British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan (sp), Quebec, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Labrador?? Maybe Montreal in a couple of years. Is that what you meant by the *new* one?

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Oh, my appologies to any Canadians from Nova Scotia. So we scratch Labrador from the list and it looks a little like this: Yukon, NW Terr., British Columbia, Alberta, Sascatchewan, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. (I think that's in geographical order, north/south and west/east)

Ok, these two are probably really easy, but name all the cities w/ the 4 major pro sports teams (baseball, basketball, football and hockey), and name all the cities w/ two of any professional sports teams.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

ny/Dallas/chicago/philadelphia/Detroit Do we count the Baltimore/DC area? Does boston count? Technically they are the "New England Patriots" What about Miami? (Florida Panthers) and Denver? (Rockies)

do these count, kev?

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

How about this one: Name all nine of the Royal families in England since 1066?

I have to do some research on this one.

Back soon.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Okay, sports fans, here's another

(no cheating from eric, now)

name the seven professional sports teams that don't end in an "s." (See, "Yankees" and "Mets" both end in "s.")

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

By the way, if you don't have it, you should really get the book "What are the Seven Wonders of the World?" It is a great book of lists, such as the above question, as well as detailed explanations of each. For people who care about very inconsequential events in history (such as myself) the thing is great.

Here is another one:
Name the original 13 colonies
okay, another one:
Name the 11 states of the confederacy
Just one more:
name the 12 apostles
one to grow on:
name the 6 types of triangles

Now go.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Ah-HA!

I knew there weren't seven types of triangles. I did have them all. Marshall, I am victorious!

what? what's this? an e-mail from Marshall?

Seven triangles...
(ahem)

By angle:
Right
Acute
Obtuse
Equiangular (which is a specific kind of acute...)
By side:
Scalene
Isocoles (yeah, that ain't spelled right)
Equilateral

Here endth the lesson.

Oh, like equiangular is one we studied in class. Whatever. At least I can spell isosoles... isocoles... iso... equilateral. aren't they the same thing? all three sides? no?

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Jazz
Heat
Lightning
Avalanche
Magic
White Sox
Red Sox


-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Geez, Eric.

Take all the fun away from others, why don't you.

People of the Squishy forum! I call upon you to STUMP ERIC! We mustn't let him get away with this random brainackness!

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Wessex - 1042-1066 Norman - 1066-1154 Angevin - 1154-1399 Lancaster - 1399-1461, 1470-1471 York - 1461-1470, 1471-1485 Tudor - 1485-1603 Stuart - 1603-49, 1660-1714 Brunswick (Hanover Line) - 1714-1901 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - 1901-1910 Windsor - 1910-present day

That makes it 10 royal families since the beginning of 1066. Now... The Commonwealth, under Oliver and Richard Cromwell, respectively, was a ruling factor from 1649-1659, but since it was the Parliament essentially ruling, I would guess their family wouldn't count.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'll be back with something good to stump Eric with...

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

pamie, if one were to split hairs finely enough, the seventh triangle might be the equiangular triangle. This is, of course, identical to the equilateral triangle, but it is defined in a different way (by angles rather than by side lengths).

Stumpers for Eric (and anyone else):

the three properties that contribute to (electrical) impedance

the six types of quark in the Standard Model (bonus credit for listing them in order of mass)

the four people on the same major league baseball team who last hit thirty home runs each in the same season

the twenty amino acids most commonly found in terrestrial protiens

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Another one:

the five Euclidean solids (polyhedra with identical faces, each of which is a regular (equilateral and equiangular) polygon

I could go on all day with technical/mathematical lists...

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

The 13 original colonies-
1. New Hampshire
2. Connecticut
3. Ohio
4. Mississippi
5. Delaware
6. Rhode Island
7. New York
8. Pennsylvania
9. South Carolina
10.Virginia
11.Georgia
12.Maryland Now, I know that is only 12. I seem to be doomed to be eluded by one item of all these lists. I made up a little song in elementary school to remember the first 13 colonies and I have a little gap in the song in my brain.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

how about all the horses that have won the triple crown? i am addicted to horses...

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Here's a couple...

The characters on Gilligan's Island were representatives of the Seven Deadly Sins. List each of the characters with their respective sins.

Name the 3 large cities who have named the accordian as their official instrument.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Hmm... I don't know if my list is the Gospel on the subject of sins and "Gilligan's Island" characters, but here is my best guess:

gluttony = Gilligan wrath = Skipper greed = Mr. Howell sloth = Mrs. Howell lust = Ginger pride = The Professor envy = Mary Anne

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Almost... two characters are swapped around...

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

BTW, Glitterbeam, Ohio and Mississippi were not original colonies, but Massachusetts, New Jersey, and North Carlina were.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

How about swapping Mrs. H and Gilligan? Those were the two I was most uncertain about, I guess.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

BINGO.. way to go.. :)

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Okay, eleven states of the Confederacy. I'm not sure I remember these correctly, so some of you southerners are going to stomp on me, but damn it, you should have answered first:

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Missouri and Kentucky didn't officially join the Confederacy, and part of Virginia rejoined the Union before the outbreak of war.

I think.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Are we still trying to stump Eric? It would help if we knew what his college major was.

I like the British monarchy questions. Since he's an actor I'm not going to give him any easy questions that could be answered by a working knowledge of Shakespeare, so how's this:

(1) Name the five reigning English monarchs whose names started with "Ethel." Bonus points if you can name the two whose name included "Athel." Hint: these are all pre-1066.

(2) Name the six reigning monarchs in the House of Tudor. This one's easy, and I suppose this one violates the Shakespeare rule.

(3) Name the ten individuals currently in line for the throne, in order of succession.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

The Canadian one still isn't right... (hint: 10 provinces and 3 territories) Eric -- have a go!

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Oops, I forgot the last one.

(4) Name the seven women who have ruled England in their own right, including the one who shared her reign with her husband. Hint: none of them were named Ethel.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

(4) of Beth's Questions

Empress Matilda, Elizabeth I, Elizbeth II, Victoria, Mary I, Mary II, Anne, Lady Jane Grey

Love those queens.. :)

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Of the following progression (E, O, E, R, E...) what is the next letter, and why?

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Can anyone give the real names of the 5 Marx Brothers? I can only name Groucho, Chico, and Harpo.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Ooh, bonus points for Annie! I left out Matilda because the official British Monarchy site lists her cousin Stephen but not her.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Here's a question for Eric and everyone else: List the seven countries that have won the World Cup.

The answer to the question about the six different types of quarks: up, down, strange, charmed, bottom and top.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

Okay, I cheated and went to a World Cup history site, and there were like a million countries that had won the World Cup.

But I know Mexico won in 1970, because I just had dinner at a restaurant called Mexico 70, and that's what the name refers to.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 1999

okay, mike, here's my shot... e,o,e,r,e....either "u" becuase.. i dont know.. or "o" because i say so

also, a call to arms if you will. people, should we really feed eric's fetish? is it healthy? do you think it is? hmmm... do you? really, and he has a book no less, really people. have we nothing better to do? have we? read a book! listen to music! or go outside!! the sun will take away that pasty color on your skin! the sun heals! that little nagging cough? the sun will fix it! rollerblade in the park! go out to dinner! go to a movie!! people, we must rebel against this evil force! i call to you, my comrads, stop this thing before it goes to far!

thank you for you time and consideration.

katie

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Well i noticed nobody's got the Furies or all the muses.. come on people! (esp. eric!)

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Stace gave a good hint for Canada... 10 provinces (Kevin didn't list them all- not where I am) and *3* territories (bigger hint - they're all up North).

I'm just mad I can't name all 12 apostoles - no one else has either. Anyone?

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

i'm canadian... so it really isnt fair that i answer this.. but no one else is getting it right, and its starting to bug me.... so here goes!! B.C Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan Quebec Ontario Newfoundland Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut (sp??)

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

I'll give the 12 apostles a try...

Simon Peter, John, Andrew, James, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, Jude, Simon the Zealot, James (2nd)

Judas was the twelvth disciple before the crucifixion, but Matthias was chosen after to become one of the apostles.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

the 12 disciples/apostles: simon-peter, james (son of zebedee), james (son of some other guy), john, andrew, philip, matthew, thomas, simon (not peter), judas.. and the 2 that everyone always forgets, bartholemew and thaddaeus....aka, bart and thaddy ...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Zeppo and Gummo are the other 2 Marx Brothers.

Ok, here's an NHL question for you. Name the teams that have won the Stanley Cup since the league was formed in 1917. Not totals for each team, and not each year. Just count a victory as *boom* they're on the list and move on. Also, if the team won it under different franchise names it counts as one only.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

here's a good question for all you americans... name all canadian currency denominations, and whether its a coin or a bill... bonus points for nick-names...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

No, I mean the Marx Bros. real names. The names their mother gave them at birth.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

...and it's not u...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

The countries that have won the world cup are:

England, Argentina, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil and Mexico.

I think.

I was a theatre major, so science questions are probably going to go unanswered. Sorry.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Dennis- Isn't Canadian money the same as US currency? I know that you use the dollar, right? If not, sorry to offend.

Beth- Love the English history questions- keep em coming

The answer the the Tudor question is: Henry VII, VIII, Edward VI, Lady Jane, Mary and Eliz.I

How about this one- Name all of the British Prime Ministers. This one I have to look up.

I am still working on the other 2

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

stanley cup: bruins (YEAH BOSTON!!!), stars, red wings, shit, i am trying here, i'm a girl, i love hockey, i should be doing better than this... ok, these are guesses: rangers, maple leaves (leafs? leaves? whatever), sabres. damn, i have to stop now. i don't wanna look like a fool. but i KNOW that the bruins and the stars and the red wings have all won the stanley cup. not bad for someone who only started watching hockey seriously last season. he he. p.s. i am from boston, you'll have to excuse me for being a slightly rabid bruins fan...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Okay, so I know the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup one year (92?), so there you go. Did Edmonton?

Anyway, here's another question:

What are the four pairs of states with the same word in them.

Eric if you answer this one I swear I'll find you and make you sleep with the squishy pillows.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

North and South Dakota North and South Carolina North Dakota and Carolina SouthDakota Carolina West Virginia and Virginia

New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico are quads :)

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

The Pens won twice, 91, 92.

Also, the Habs, Wings, Avalanche, Stars, Islanders, Blues, Blackhawks, but that is as far as I go.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

It must be a busy posting day, as it's taking me forever to get to a post page...

Annie, you forgot one. I didn't mention that "New" and "North/South" didn't count.

So there's one more pair...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

hmm... One more...

ok.. the only other ones I can think of are maybe Kansas and Arkansas

or

Rhode Island and Maryland

or

Missouri and Mississippi

Otherwise you stumped me on that Pamie!

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Whoops.. forgot to close that tag... sorry...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

You got it, girlie. Arkansas and Kansas.

It had some sort of requirement that the whole word was in there like "Dakota" or "Carolina" or "Kansas."

Good job. Now I have to figure out how to turn off that bold you left open...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Okay, this one should be easy for people in the U.S., except everyone always forgets a couple:

Name the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

But you aren't done yet. Now name all of the justices on your home state's highest court. Or *any* state's highest court.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Eric... um... Canadian money is a little different..much more colorful than american... :)..kinda like monopoly... and we have more coins... 1$= a coin... we call it the 'looney', it has a picture of a loon on it... 2$= a coin... we call it a twoney... because it rhymes with looney.. 5$= a bill... its blue.. they're talking about making it a coin too..not sure what we'll call it.. maybe a fivey?? :) 10$= a bill... its purple... 20$= a bill... its green... 50$= a bill... its red... 100$= a bill... its brown... 1000$= a bill... its redish brown...or brownish red.... you should come to canada and exchange some of your green stuff for our colorful stuff... you can get almost twice as much...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

The states in alphabetical order.






Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Let me count those...

49.

Damn.

Which one am I missing?

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Sorry to insult you. My knowledge of Foreign currency is slim to none. If you tell Pam that a $2 bill is called a "Twoney", she'll laugh all day. Just don't ask why.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Maggie....

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma, where the wind comes beating on the plain..

Oh pardon me... didn't mean to break out singing there...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Eric.. not insulted at all... i'm canadian.. you cant insult me. :) just kidding... so pamie thinks twoneys are funny?. you should see them.. they have a picture of a polar bear on one side, and the queen on the other.... now thats funny... not sure why.. but it is...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Name the only 5 (or 6?) people/things to be on the cover of all these magazines: Time, People, Sports Illustrated, and Life.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Quiz Time. Without looking them up, no cheating: 1. name the the 12 Olympians in the Pantheon of Greek Gods. 2. list the 7 Caesars 3. Name the 7 wonders of the *Ancient* World. They changed. 4. List the State Capitals. In alphabetical order.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Name the five television shows on which Richard Belzer has played the character (Detective?)Munch.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Re: old question, but the Minnesota WILD is technically also a NHL team (they just won't begin play until the 2000-2001 season).

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Okay, I'm just going to guess.

Mark McGuire, Mike Tyson, Flo-Jo, Joe Montana, and Michael Jordan. And maybe the Olympic rings or the Olympic flame would be the "thing."

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

The chain of command is: President, VP, Speaker of the House, President Pro-Tem of the Senate, Secretary of the Treasury, and then it is the Cabinet heads in the order that the Cabinets were created.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

The Twelve (Greek) Olympian Gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hephaestus, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Demeter, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena, and um... Crap. I think I've forgotten a goddess.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Hestia! The twelfth Olympian is Hestia! I feel better now.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Okay, I'll tell you why "twoney" is funny.

When I was a kid, my mom, as I'm sure all moms do, gave us words for our private parts. The girl's part is called a Tooney. It could be twoney. It could be tunie. I don't know. We never wrote it down.

Oh, I'm giggling.

I think it's short for petunia, like some sort of flower.

I can't stop laughing.

I asked mom once why she made us call them that, and she said it made things easier when I was in the store aisle as a little kid shouting, "MOM! MY TOONEY ITCHES!"

Another reason I want to move to Canada.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

pamie..well... hmmm... i dont know if i will ever look at a twoney in the same way.... boy, you could make a lot of jokes about that one.. vending machines accept twoneys here in canada.... i presently have 4 twoneys in my pocket.... a roll of twoneys is worth 50 bucks... i could actually send you a twoney in the mail..... wow.. i think i am going to have to stop calling it a twoney... that is too funny....

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Mark McGuire might be a recent one, but the others listed are all not correct.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Eric,

Baltimore has two pro sports teams all on it's own, the Ravens (the former Browns) and the Orioles...

So DC can do it's own separate thing or whatever...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Actually, I was referring to the question about which cities have all four major sports teams. If you combine Baltimore and DC, there are The Caps, Wizards, O's and Ravens and the DC united, for good mesure.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

List the three names of colours that don't rhyme with any other word in english.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

silver, orange, and purple

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

old response to an old question: re: the stanley cup. HEY. whoever posted all those ones they said had one missed the bruins. and i KNOW we have won it. shit, i had been to the garden enough times (now the fleet center, which sucks, but oh, well.) to see the banners. :) damn, you guys have to be looking this stuff up. how do you know it??? ok, well here's few things you just might not know that are all absolutely true: the mona lisa has no eyebrows. and i heard she was a prostitute as well. peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite. a shark is the only fish that can blink with both of it's eyes. bats always turn left when they exit a cave. i am a natural blond, but have red hair. he he.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Ghafla -

Aren't Hermes and Dionysius in there somewhere as well (Olympus, I mean)?

I think Hestia falls into her own separate category ... even though she's one of the originals. Don't know who else would get booted out, though.

--mike

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Name each child from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory *and* what each of them did to become disqualified.

Kate

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

yeah yeah! willy wonka:

charlie-didn't really get disqulified, but he drank the floating soda and therefore, should have been

violet-ate the gum, blew up into a blueberry

veruca-wanted a golden goose and fell into the incenerator

umm.. augustas (the fat kid)-feel in the chocolate river and got stuck, heehee, he was first

last but not least, mike tv- wanted to be on tv and ended up getting shrunk.

yeah yeah! in the right order, i think, augustas, then violet, veruca, mike and charlie triumphs over all!!

and yes, i still own the movie, yes, im nineteen, and no, i didnt watch it to cheat, i actually watched it last week.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

oh no! im falling prey to this the page i solidly said no to. oh god, but this is soo fun. and, i have a question of my own.

name all of the 'war' movies matthew modine had been in. bonus points to whoever knows which movie harry conick jr was in also.

no cheating!!

-- Anonymous, October 15, 1999

Ok, try this one:

The seven original members of the Justice League of America (From the original 1960 appearence, not any of the modern updates)

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

The original JLA. Esh.

Superman Batman Aquaman Wonderwoman Starman Hourman and ... hmm ... Donald Duck?

Guess you got me there.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

Oh, don't challenge me with your Matthew Modine movies, girlie. I know my Matthew Modine: Full Metal Jacket
Birdy
Memphis Belle (with your pal Harry)
and the one nobody saw, Streamers.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

Eric- You forgot one of the teams that won the World Cup. Uraguay won in 1930 and 1950.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

Ooh, I have one: name all of the Annette and Frankie beach movies. Bonus: which one featured Linda Evans, and who did she play?

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

Okay...here's one I learned last week in Ap American History: Name the 9 World Wars the U.S. has fought in. Hint: 4 of them were before the American Revolution. Bonus points if you can also give the European names for these wars.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

Muses--Clio, Urania, Melpomene, Thalia, Terspichore, Calliope, Erato, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Fama.---Thalia is muse of comedy by the way..The furies are like,..uhmm..no chance..How about the graces?--Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia...uh-huh..same name....How about the sirens?..c'mon, there's only four.

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

beth,

kindred spirts we are, matthew modine, is my fav actor. no contest. man, did you actually see streamers? i knew the three, full metal jacket, birdy and mephis belle, im wondering how streamers is, yes i know, i thought there were only three 'war' movies. what about the made for tv movie, i think there was only one. know that one?

-- Anonymous, October 16, 1999

No, I never saw Streamers. I just remember that he was in it because I had a big crush on him when I was in high school. The only made for TV movie I can think of off hand is And the Band Played On.

-- Anonymous, October 17, 1999

Aha! I knew the answer was somewhere in my brain:

*fanfare* THE FURIES!:

Tisiphone, Maegara and Alecto.

How do I know this? Because I unknowingly selected 'Maegara' as my screen name for AIM, thinking I'd just made up a neat sounding name. Then I start getting messages about how cool I was to have named myself after one of the furies. Heh.

And, btw, "Birdy" was an awesome movie. Very very strange, but it has the best ending lines ever. :)

Let's see... question, hm... looking at my bookshelves...

Name the 13 Mayfair witches.

(Hey, it's close to Halloween, right? :))

-- Anonymous, October 17, 1999

nobody answered beth! so here goes. the nine supreme court justices:

rhenquist (head justice), scalia, souter, o'connor, kennedy, thomas, bader ginsburg, breyer.

shit. there's one more. god damn it, i KNOW this! my political science class has NOT gone to waste! hold on, i'm thinking.

appointed in the following order:

rhenquist (head justice, 1986 - but i had to look THAT up. i put them in order myself. i learned something in class this term ...), stevens, o'connor, scalia, kennedy, souter, thomas, bader ginsburg, breyer.

now: which presidents nominated each of them?

-- Anonymous, October 17, 1999

Oh, man, I don't know if I can name the presidents who appointed them.

I think Rhenquist was originally appointed by Nixon, and elevated to Chief Justice by Reagan. But that could be wrong. Even though Stevens is pretty liberal, I think he was appointed by Nixon, as well. Day O'Connor, Scalia, and Kennedy were apppointed by Reagan; Souter and Thomas were appointed by Bush; and Bader Ginsberg and Breyer were appointed by Clinton.

But I'm just guessing, because I don't really remember.

And I can answer my own question about state justices: California's are George, Baxter, Mosk, Chin, Werdegar, Brown, and Kennard. I always forget Baxter, though.

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

To answer my own question, the teams that have won the Stanley Cup since 1917 are:

Ottawa Senators (old incarnation) Toronto Maple Leafs (won one while known as the St. Pats) Montreal Canadiens Victoria Cougars (not an NHL team, but won in the timespan mentioned) Montreal Maroons (long since folded) New York Rangers Boston Bruins Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings Philadelphia Flyers New York Islanders Edmonton Oilers Calgary Flames Pittsburgh Penguins New Jersey Devils Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

Speaking of Annette, name the original Musketeers.

This came up in a Travis McGee novel: If, in football, a forward pass is attempted, a great many bad things can happen. What are those things?

Name every actor to play James Bond, in order.

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

Ok kids:

I was just wondering why nobody included the love triangle, way up there at the top.

Also, in the book teh Wonka demises are as follows:

Augustus Gloop--> falls into chocolate river, sucked up giant tube, sticks there

Violet Beauregard--> Blueberry pie gum incedent, rolled away.

Veruca Slat--> Rolled into nut rejection chute by angry and violent squirrels, a mob of possibly thousands

Mike Teevee--> Shrunk to size suitable for television, later stretched by taffy stretcher

Nothin bad happens to Charlie in the book

My question is name the three words in the english language that end in 'gry.

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

Allyson-

here are the wars:

Persian Gulf, Vietnam, Korean, WWII, WWI, Spanish American, Civil War, Mexican American War, War of 1812, revolutionary war.

However, as you can see, there are 10 here, and none are before the revolutionary war. Am I incorrect? Please write back with your answer.

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

I just reread the question. I guess the "Civil War" could not be classified as a world war.

Does that give us 9?

Am on the edge of my seat. Please let me know.

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

Whoo hoo!! I stumped you!! Okay, this one is uiqte tricky if you don't have a copy of _The American Pageant_ which has a nifty little chart on page 110.

(these are the American Names and dates in which we fought, in chronological order)

King William's War, 1689-1697 Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713 King George's War, 1744-1748 French and Indian War, 1754-1763 American Revolution, 1775-1783 Undeclared French War (in Europe it was the French Revolution), 1798- 1800 War of 1812, 1812-1814 World War I, 1917-1918 World War II, 1941-1945

-- Anonymous, October 18, 1999

Ooh! A cartoon question! Now, I don't know from comic books, so I'm going with the Justice League I know and love from TV. Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman & Robin, and Marvin & Wendy (does WonderDog count?). But who is this Hourman you speak of, Byrne? And Starman, as in Jeff Bridges, or are we talking the series with Robert Hays? Okay, I know that's just silly, because who remembers Robert Hays? I mean Ted Striker, we know. But seriously, was Karen Allen there and was there a lot of sexual tension between her and Aquaman? 'Cause I bet there would be.

And I can only come up with 2 words that end in gry, hungry and angry.

-- Anonymous, October 19, 1999

E- I don't think Vietnam was ever actually a "war." Wasn't it officially a conflict? Allyson, help me out on this one.

Here's another one: Name the five provinces that make up the former Yugoslavia. Also, name all of the countries that made up the U. S. S. R. kevin

-- Anonymous, October 19, 1999

K-

In 1964, Congress authorized "full intervention" - isn't that a war?

I have no idea about any of the Eastern Europe stuff.

-- Anonymous, October 19, 1999

It was not a war. For a war to be declared, the articles of war must be invoked, and an official proclamation made.

As the US government did not recognize North Vietnam, nor the Communist regime, it would give implicit recognition to it if they declared war upon it. By intervention, it was military assistance to the recognized government of (South) Vietnam.

Thus, it was never an 'official' war according to the laws of the US.

-- Anonymous, October 19, 1999

Wars I don't know. Being a film geek, I do know war films, so I have a war movie question to stump Eric:

At the end of which war movie does the sun set in the East?

No fair peeking on IMDb, assuming they'd even mention that.

-- Anonymous, October 19, 1999

I can't find anything in my textbook either way, though it does refer to it as the Vietnam War. However, I know a few people (teachers) who call it a conflict. I'll ask my history teacher tomorrow.

-- Anonymous, October 20, 1999

Mike, the next letter in your series is X.

BTW, I've read that there are several obscure words of the English language that end in "-gry", but no common ones other than "hungry" and "angry". It seems that this riddle is one of the biggest misunderstandings in English language history. I read that it started as a verbal joke, in which you would say something like: "Other than angry and hungry, name the third word in this sentence that ends in G *or* Y", only it would of course be said to sound like "GRY" to stump the listener, and of course the actual riddle must have been different, because my sentence doesn't have any other word that ends in G or Y.

Anyway, that's what I've heard.

This topic's long dead, but the question I'd ask (and can usually answer) is: name all the stars that are of 1st magnitude or greater.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2000

Of the following progression (E, O, E, R, E...) what is the next letter, and why?

X.

onE, twO, threE, fouR, fivE, siX.

--> Can anyone give the real names of the 5 Marx Brothers? I can only name Groucho, Chico, and Harpo.

Gummo and Zeppo (but, er, I doubt those are their legal names...)

Fates: Clotho, Lachesis and...er...like atrophy...Atropos? Clotho spins (like cloth weaving) the thread of life, Lachesis measures it, Atropos cuts.

High brow reason to know: was good at mythology in school.

Low brow reason to know: is in Piers Anthony [?] books about Incarnations of Immortality or some such.

Muses: Calliope, Polyhymnia, Klio, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Euterpe, Thalia, and Urania.

I can't remember precisely who did what, but I'll try. Calliope = ??, Polyhymnia = uh, hymns?, Klio = history, Melpomene = tragedy, Terpsichore = dance (terpsichorean delights), Erato = love poetry?, Euterpe = music?, Thalia = comedy, Urania = astrology.

High brow reason: see above. Low brow reason to know: Xanadu, the movie. (Do you remember which one Olivia Newton-John played? I do. I only saw the damn movie *once*, but some stupid trivia things stick in your head.)

James Bond: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Sean Connery again, Roger Moore again (I think), Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan. They thought about Finlay Light (who was a blond at the time) before settling on Timothy Dalton (all together now, say 'who?'). They've mentioned Robbie Williams as a good next Bond, but I think that's probably silliness.

--> Which (state) am I missing? Ooooooklahoma!

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2000

Pamie:

A word ending in "mt" is dreamt. Also daydreamt and undreamt.

-- Anonymous, February 16, 2000

way way way back at the top some one asked for the 7 possible ways to get on base in baseball - 6 were given. the final way is if you swing on a third strike and the catcher drops the ball, you can then run to first and if you make it before the catcher either tags you or throws the ball to the first baseman, you are safe --which is why catchers often tag a batter after a bobbled third strike in the major leagues, just to be safe.

-- Anonymous, February 16, 2000

ok i have 2:

1. the presidents of the united states in chronological order

and

2. all the words to any of the animaniacs' geography songs

-- Anonymous, February 16, 2000

Over 4 months ago Pamie asked this question:

what word in the dictionary has the most definitions?

The suspense is really starting to get to me.

-- Anonymous, March 07, 2000

Dave,

I bet it's the word "run", because I'm a word nerd and tend to look up things like this. But I bet it also depends on the dictionary you're looking at. Other words with many definitions: back, break, call, carry, check, clear, close, come, cut, draw, get, give, go, hand, head, jump, lay, light, line, make, open, order, pass, play, point, put, round, set, stand, strike, take, throw, time, turn, up, work.

-- Anonymous, March 07, 2000

I'm betting it's the word 'most.'

-- Anonymous, March 08, 2000

According to the Guinness Book of World Records (from some years back), the English word with the most definitions is "set." A check of the OED back in 1990 confirmed that it has a whole lot of definition, blowing "run" out of the water.

-- Anonymous, March 08, 2000