Friday, June 27, 2014

WILL RETURN...

Questions back Tuesday. Have a good weekend!

ANSWER: Beverages

Cranberry & Lime

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 654-549

Thursday, June 26, 2014

QUESTION: Beverages

What are the two fruit juices in a cosmo?

ANSWER: Sports

Bantamweight, Flyweight

Matt: WRONG
Record: 653-549

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

QUESTION: Sports

In boxing, what two weight classes are named after animals?

ANSWER: People


After dying at age 82 in 1998, Sinatra was buried in a cemetery near Palm Springs, Calif., with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a pack of Camel cigarettes — two regular companions — tucked into his suit.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 653-548

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

QUESTION: People

Frank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of what kind of whiskey?

Monday, June 16, 2014

QUESTION WILL BE BACK...

Due to work travel, there will not be questions this week. Check back Tues, 6/24 for the return. Have a good week!

ANSWER: Novels

1984

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 652-548

Friday, June 13, 2014

QUESTION: Novels

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." is the first line of what book?

ANSWER: Sports

Springfield, MA

Matt: --
Record: 651-548

Thursday, June 12, 2014

QUESTION: Sports

What city is the Basketball Hall of Fame located in?

ANSWER: Superstitions

Sneeze

In Asian culture, it is widely believed that someone who sneezes out of the blue is being talked about by other people not near them. If you sneeze once, someone is definitely saying something about you. If you sneeze twice, bad things are said about you.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 651-548

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

QUESTION: Superstitions

According to Japanese superstition, it is a sign that someone is gossiping about you if you do what twice in a row?

ANSWER: Food

Avocado

The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish aguacate, which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl, which goes back to the proto-Aztecan *pa:wa which also meant "avocado". Sometimes the Nahuatl word was used with the meaning "testicle", probably because of the likeness between the fruit and the body part.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 650-548

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

QUESTION: Food

What fruit's name comes from the Nahuatl word for testicle, due to its shape?

ANSWER: Movies

They were all in real time

Matt: WRONG
Record: 650-547

Friday, June 6, 2014

QUESTION: Movies

What do the following movies all have in common? Before Sunset, Cleo from 5 to 7, High Noon, Rope, The Set-Up, Timecode

ANSWER: Brothers

The Hardy Boys

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 650-546

Thursday, June 5, 2014

QUESTION: Brothers

What brother's girlfriend's names are Callie Shaw and Iola Morton?

ANSWER: People

Created Dungeons & Dragons

Matt: --
Record: 649-546

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

QUESTION: People

What was Gary Gygax's claim to fame?