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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 1, 2018 10:24:13 GMT -5
JANUARY 1ST
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S
WHAT WORLD-FAMOUS GOVERNMENT
BUILDING CONTAINED A RIFE
RANGE IN ITS BASEMENT FOR
MANY YEARS?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 2, 2018 7:22:11 GMT -5
JANUARY 2ED
BANK HOLIDAY (SCOTLAND & NEW ZEALAND)
ANSWER:THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, HOME
OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT CREATED DURING
WORLD WAR 1, IT FINALLY CLOSED IN 2015.
WHOSE ENEMY WAS SNIDELY WHIPLASH?
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Post by Sir Trevor on Jan 2, 2018 19:52:57 GMT -5
Duddly Doright
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 3, 2018 10:17:54 GMT -5
JANUARY 3ED
ANSWER: DUDLEY DO-RIGHT, THE CANADIAN
MOUNTIE, BOTH, OF COURSE ARE CARTOON CHARACTERS
COMMONLY SEEN ON THE ADVENTURES OF ROCK AND BULLWINKLE
IN 2013, TURKEY ENDED A LONG-RUNNING BAN ON
SEVERAL ALPHABET LETTERS, INCLUDING Q,W,X.
WHY WERE THE BANNED IN THE FIRST PLACE?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 4, 2018 10:11:59 GMT -5
JANUARY 4TH
ANSWER:BECAUSE OF THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH THE KURDISH
LANGUAGE,WHICH WAS TABOO IN THE COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS.
WHO WROTE THE POEM WITH THE LINE
"I'M A WOMAN PHENOMENALLY"?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 5, 2018 11:41:44 GMT -5
JANUARY 5TH
ANSWER: MAYA ANGELOU. THE LINE APPEARS IN
"PHENOMENAL WOMAN" ONE HER MOST CELEBRATED POEMS.
HOW MANY TIME ZONES DOES CHINA HAVE.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 6, 2018 10:08:42 GMT -5
JANUARY 6TH
ANSWER: JUST ONE: BEIJING STANDARD TIME.
IT USED TO HAVE FIVE TIME ZONES, BUT COMMUNIST
PARTY LEADERSHIP DECIDED TO USE A SINGLE ZONE
IN1949, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE.
SIRIUS, THE "DOG STAR," IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR
IN THE SKY AS SEEN FROM EARTH. WHAT CONSTELLATION
IS IT PART OF?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 7, 2018 8:45:25 GMT -5
JANUARY 7TH
ANSWER:APPROPRIATELY, SIRIUS IS PART
OF CANIS MAJOR-IN FACT,THAT'S WHERE ITS
"DOG STAR" NICKNAME COMES FROM.
ON THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW (OR THE GREAT
BRITISH BAKE OFF, AS IT'S KNOWN IN ENGLAND),
CONTESTANTS COMPETE IN THREE ROUNDS DURING EACH
EPISODE: FIRST A SIGNATURE BAKE, THEN A...WHAT'S
THE THIRD ONE CALLED?
HOW GREAT IS THE LOVE THE FATHER HAS LAVISHED
ON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD.
1 JOHN 3:1
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 8, 2018 10:27:18 GMT -5
JANUARY 8TH
ANSWER: A SHOWSTOPPER BAKE, IN WHICH
CONTESTANTS PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS TO MAKE
THE MOST ELABORATE CREATIONS THEY CAN. SOME
SHOWSTOPPERS HAVE INCLUDED A LION MADE OF
THREE DIFFERENT BREADS, A CAKE DISGUISED AS
A BLACKBIRD PIE, AND A GINGERBREAD BARN.
IN THE EARLY S, THE BADGE OF MILITARY
MERIT CHANGED ITS NAME TO WHAT?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 9, 2018 9:17:01 GMT -5
JANUARY 8TH
ANSWER: THE PURPLE HEART, GEORGE WASHINGTON
ORIGINALLY ESTABLISH THE AWARD IN 1782, BUT IT
WAS FORGOTTEN FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL MILITARY GENERAL
JOHN J. PERSHING SUGGESTED THE NEED FOR SUCH AN
AWARD AND CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS
MACARTHUR RE-IMPLEMENTED IT.
WHAT ARE THE PHOTOSPHERE,THE CHROMOSPHERE, AND THE CORONA.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Jan 9, 2018 18:16:11 GMT -5
Parts of the sun.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 10, 2018 9:17:14 GMT -5
JANUARY 10TH
ANSWER:THE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE SUN.
ON THE 1990S MEGAHIT TELEVISION SHOW
BEVERLY HILLS 90210, WHAT CHARACTER
LEFT IN 1995, ONLY TO RETURN TO THE
SHOW IN 1998 FOR ITS FINAL TWO SEASONS?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 11, 2018 10:38:17 GMT -5
JANUARY 11TH
ANSWER:DYLAN MCKAY. HE WAS PLAYED BY PERRY,
ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL CAST, WHO ROCKETED
TO FAME WITH THE SHOW THEN LEFT BRIEFLY TO EXPLORE
OTHER OPTIONS.
IN WHAT GAME MIGHT PLAYERS
"DIDDLE FOR THE MIDDLE?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Jan 12, 2018 10:28:08 GMT -5
JANUARY 12TH
ANSWER:DARTS. THE TERM REFERS TO THROWING
DARTS BEFORE THE START OF A SUDDEN DEATH ROUND
(AND OCCASIONALLY THE START OF A GAME)TO DETERMINE
THE ORDER OF PLAY - THE PLAYER WHOSE DART LANDS CLOSER
TO THE MIDDLE GETS TO GO FIRST.
ON SHIPS, WHAT TERMS ARE USED INSTEAD
OF "LEFT" AND "RIGHT"?
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Post by Sir Trevor on Jan 12, 2018 18:44:05 GMT -5
port and starboard
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