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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 13, 2019 5:59:05 GMT -5
MARCH 13TH
ANSWER:CERTAIN SPECIES OF TURTLES. THE ENDANGERED AUSTRALIAN WHITE-THROATED SNAPPING TURTLE CAN GET ALMOST 70 PERCENT OF ITS OXYGEN THROUGH ITS BUTT.
WHAT IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 14, 2019 6:08:45 GMT -5
MARCH 14TH
ANSWER:MONACO WHICH HAS ABOUT 30,500 RESIDENTS IN JUST UNDER 500 ACRES. MONACO IS ALSO THE SECOND SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AFTER VATICAN CITY.
WHO ORIGINATED THE IDEA OF THE LOST KINGDOM OF ATLANTIS?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 15, 2019 7:43:45 GMT -5
MARCH 15TH
ANSWER:PLATO. ATLANTIS FIRST APPEARED IN HIS DIALOGUES "TIMAEUS" AND "CRITIAS." PENNED AROUND 330 BCE. THE LEGEND OF THE KINGDOM LOST TO THE SEA HAS CAPTURED THE POPULAR IMAGINATION EVER SINCE.
WHAT DOES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TERM CUT AGGRESSION REFER TO?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 16, 2019 8:57:08 GMT -5
MARCH 16TH
ANSWER:A REACTION TO EXCESSIVE CUTENESS (I.E.,A PUPPY,KITTEN,OR BABY) THAT INCLUDES A MINOR VIOLENT IMPULSE. WHEN SOMETHING IS SO CUTE THAT YOU WANT TO "EAT IT UP"OR"SQUEEZE IT TO DEATH"OR "JUST DIE,"YOU ARE EXPERIENCING CUTE AGGRESSION.
THE WINNER OF BEST PICTURE AT 2017 OSCARS WAS MOONLIGHT - BUT, IN A HISTORIC MIX-UP THE ANNOUNCERS INITIALLY DECLARED WHAT OTHER NOMINEE TO BE THE WINNER.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 17, 2019 8:34:04 GMT -5
MARCH 17TH
HAPPY ST. PATRICK DAY.
PSALMS 139:13B-14 THOU HAST COVERED ME IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB. I WILL PRAISE THREE;FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE: MARVELLOUS ARE THY WORKS; AND THAT MY SOUL KNOWETH RIGHT WELL.
ANSWER:LA LA LAND. THE LA LA LAND ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WAS UNDERWAY BEFORE THE MISTAKE WAS REALIZED AND FIXED.
ST PATRICK, THE PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND, WAS NOT ACTUALLY BORN IN IRELAND. WHERE WAS HE BORN?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 18, 2019 7:55:43 GMT -5
MARCH 18TH
ANSWER: BRITAIN. ST. PATRICK WAS KIDNAPPED AND TAKEN TO IRELAND AS A SLAVE WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD . HE EVENTUALLY ESCAPED, BUT LATER RETURNED TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE IRISH.
WHAT FIRST LADY POPULARIZED "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" AS THE ANTHEM OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 19, 2019 6:49:09 GMT -5
MARCH 19TH
ANSWER:SARAH POLK. SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT PRESIDENT POLK A MAN OF SMALL STATURE-WASN'T DRAWING ENOUGH ATTENTION WHEN HE ENTERED A ROOM, SO SHE ARRANGED FOR "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" TO BE PLAYED TO ANNOUNCE HEW HUSBAND'S ARRIVAL.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF PICKING A PERFECT BRACKET FOR THE MARCH MADNESS NCAA TOURNAMENT?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 20, 2019 6:21:16 GMT -5
MARCH 20TH
ANSWER:APPROXIMATELY ONE IN 9.2 QUINTILLION. HOWEVER, A MATHEMATICIAN HAS SUGGESTED THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR ODDS TO ONE IN 128 BILLION BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT BASKETBALL. MUCH BETTER!
DR.SEUSS'S PUBLISHERS SPECIFIED 348 ONE-AND TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS THAT SEUSS COULD USE TO WRITE THE CAT IN THE HAT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BOOK ACCESSIBLE TO A YOUNG AUDIENCE.HOW MANY WORDS DID SEUSS END UP USING?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 21, 2019 6:09:26 GMT -5
MARCH 21ST
ANSWER:236. DR.SEUSS FOUND IT CHALLENGING TO WRITE WITH SUCH A LIMITED VOCABULARY, AND IT TOOK HIM OVER A YEAR TO FINISH THE BOOK-BUT THE HARD WORK PAID OFF. THE CAT IN THE HAT IS ONE OF THE BESTSELLING CHILDREN'S BOOK OF ALL TIME.
WHAT IS THE SMALLEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 22, 2019 7:54:18 GMT -5
MARCH 22ED
ANSWER:MERCURY. PLUTO WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE SMALLEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM,BUT AFTER IT WAS DEMOTED TO A DWARF PLANET CLASSIFICATION IN , THE HONOR PASSED TO MERCURY.
WHY IS A POUND CAKE CALLED A POUND CAKE?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 23, 2019 7:34:09 GMT -5
MARCH 23
ANSWER:WHEN THE RECIPE WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN 17OOS IN BRITAIN,IT CALLED FOR A POUND EACH OF BUTTER,SUGAR,EGGS, AND FLOUR,THE RESULTING CAKE WAS QUITE LARGE.WHILE THE INGREDIENT AMOUNTS HAVE BENN ADJUSTED OVER THE YEARS,THE NAME HAS STUCK.
THE HIT MUSICAL WICKED IS BASED ON A 1995 NOVEL BY WHAT AUTHOR?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 24, 2019 8:52:04 GMT -5
MARCH 24TH
PSALM 68:5 A FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS AND A JUDGE OF THE WIDOWS, IS GOD IN HIS HOLY HABITATION.
ANSWER:GREGORY MAGUIRE. MAGUIRE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL NOVELS INSPIRED BY CLASSIC CHILDERN'S LITERATURE AND FAIRY TALES,INCLUDING WICKED (INSPIRED BY THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ),AFTER ALICE (INSPIRED BY ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND), AND CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER(INSPIRED BY THE STORY OF CINDERELLA).
BILL EICHNER COMEDIAN AND HOST OF BILLY ON THE STREET,ONCE HAD A ROLE ON WHAT BELOVED NBC SITCOM?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 25, 2019 7:32:45 GMT -5
MARCH 25TH
ANSWER:PARKS AMD RECREATION. EICHNER PLAYED CRAIG MIDDLEBROOK IN SEASONS SIX AND SEVEN.
WHY DO WE CALL UNWANTED AND REPETITIVE EMAILS SPAM?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 26, 2019 6:58:00 GMT -5
MARCH 26TH
ANSWER: A FAMOUS 1970 MONTY PYTHON SKETCH POKED FUN AT THE MYSTERY MEAT PRODUCT SPAM AND INCLUDED A GROUP OF VIKINGS SINGING "SPAM" OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE TERM WAS LATER APPROPRIATED TO DESCRIBE ANNOYING AND REPETITIVE MESSAGES SENT ONLINE.
NELAN BUSHNELL IS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE GROUNDBREAKING VIDEO GAME COMPANY ATARI, FOUNDED IN 1972. WHAT OTHER FAMOUS BUSINESS DID BUSHNELL FOUND IN THE 1970S?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Mar 27, 2019 6:36:57 GMT -5
MARCH 27TH
ANSWER:CHUCK E. CHEESE'S THE-UBIQUITOUS ENTERTAINMENT RESTAURANT CHAIN WAS BORN IN 1977 WITH CHUCK E.CHEESE'S PIZZA TIME THEATRE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.
NAME THE STAR WHO PLAYS OFFRED IN THE HULU ORIGINAL SERIES THE HANDMAID'S TALE,BASED ON THE NOVEL BY MARGARET ATWOOD.
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