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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 12, 2019 7:29:07 GMT -5
APRIL 12TH
ANSWER:SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. THE MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY IS ALSO KNOWN AS US HIGHWAY 550. THE ORIGIN OF ITS NICKNAME IS CONTESTED-SOME SAY THE HIGHWAY COST A MILLION DOLLAR TO BUILD, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THE DIRT USED TO BUILD THE HIGHWAY CONTAINS A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF GOLD ORE.
HOW DID THE TOY COMPANY LEGO COME UP WITH ITS NAME?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 13, 2019 17:53:23 GMT -5
APRIL 13TH
ANSWER:LEGO IS AN ABBREVIATION OF THE DANISH WORDS LEG GODT,WHICH MEAN "PLAY WELL" THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN DENMARK IN THE 1930S.
WHAT CONTROVERSIAL SLOGAN DID DID THE WASHINGTON POST ADOPT IN FEBRUARY 2017?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 14, 2019 3:05:28 GMT -5
APRIL 14TH
PALM SUNDAY
2 THESSALONIANS 3:3 BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL,WHO SHALL STABLISH YOU,AND KEEP YOU FROM EVIL.
ANSWER:"DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS." THE PHRASE BEST OUT OTHER SLOGAN CONTENDERS LIKE "DAUNTLESS DEFENDERS OF THE TRUTH" AND "YES KNOW."
WHAT '90S TV SHOW FEATURED THE ACTING DEBUT OF SINGER USHER?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 15, 2019 8:05:42 GMT -5
APRIL 15TH
ANSWER:MOESHA. USHER GUEST STARTED SS JEREMY DAVIS, A LIVE INTEREST FOR MOESHA, AND APPEARED IN FOUR EPISODES BETWEEN 1997 AND 1999.
IN THE YEAR 1910, A GROUP OF PRANKSTERS DONNED FAKE BEARDS AND BOARDED THE HMS DREADNOUGHT, THE PRIDE OF THE BRITISH NAVEL FLEET, WHILE PRETENDING TO BE ABYSSINIAN PRINCES. WHAT FAMOUS ENGLISH AUTHOR WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ELABORATE PRACTICAL JOKE?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 16, 2019 7:19:52 GMT -5
APRIL 16TH
ANSWER:VIRGINIA WOOF. SHE,ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP OF WRITERS AND ARTISTS, FOOLED THE CREW AND WAS INVITED TO DINE WITH THE OFFICERS. THE INCIDENT BECAME KNOWN AS THE "DREADNOUGHT HOAX.
WHAT IS A POOH-BAH?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 17, 2019 6:50:45 GMT -5
APRIL 17TH
ANSWER: A POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL PERSON, OFTEN SOMEONE HOLDING OFFICE.THE TERM COMES FROM AN 1885 GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERA CALLED THE MIKADO, WHICH FEATURED A CHARACTER NAME POOH-BAH.
WHY DID KING JAMES II OF SCOTLAND BAN GOLF IN 1457?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 18, 2019 5:50:59 GMT -5
APRIL 18TH
ANSWER:IT WAS DISTRACTING HIS CITIZENS FROM THEIR ARCHERY PRACTICE. FIITBALL (AKA SOCCER IN AMERICA) WAS ALSO BANNED ON THE SAME GROUNDS.
WHAN THE FIRST X-MEN COMIC BOOK WAS RELEASED IN 1963, PROFESSOR X'S MUTANT TEAM CONSISTED OF FIVE TEENAGERS. WHO WERE THESE ORIGINAL MEMBERS?
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Post by Sir Trevor on Apr 18, 2019 15:20:07 GMT -5
Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Ice Man, Marvel Girl.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 19, 2019 7:03:41 GMT -5
APRIL 19TH
GOOD FRIDAY PASSOVER BEGINS AT SUNDOWN
ANSWER:CYCLOPS,MARVEL GIRL (LATER KNOW AS PHOENIX), ANGEL BEAST, AND ICEMAN.
WHAT IS THE BELGIAN TOWN OF DUFFEL'S CLAIM TO FAME?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 20, 2019 9:50:09 GMT -5
APRIL 20TH
ANSWER:THE TOWN LENT ITS NAME TO DUFFEL BAGS. THE CLOTH FIRST USED TO MAKE TJE BAGS WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD IN DUFFEL.
AGIORGITIKO, ROMORANTIN, AND MUSCADELLE ARE OBSCURE VARIETIES OF WHAT KIND OF FOOD?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 21, 2019 6:42:30 GMT -5
APRIL 21ST
HAPPY EASTER
PSALMS 90:12 SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS, THAT WE MAY APPLY OUR HEARTS UNTO WISDOM.
ANSWER:GRAPES. ALL THREE VARIETIES ARE USED IN WINEMAKING THOUGH THEY ARE MUCH LESS WELL-KNOW THEM MORE COMMON VARIETIES, LIKE MALBEC,MERLOT AND PINOT NOIR.
WHAT FEMALE PILOT COMPLETED A ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT IN 1997, FULFILLING AMELIA EARHART'S DREAM?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 22, 2019 7:07:41 GMT -5
APRIL 22ED
EASTER DAY EASTER MONDAY BANK HOLIDAY (ENG.,WALES,N.IRE.,AUSTRAL.,N.Z.)
ANSWER:LINDA FINCH. FINCH RETRACED EARHART'S PATH,EVEN USING THE SAME PLANE MODEL EARHART USED-AN ELECTRA 10E. SHE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FLIGHT IN TWO AND HALF MONTHS.
NAME THE LOVE STORY PENNED BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN THAT WAS INSPIRED BY HIS WIFE,EDITH, AND WAS PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY IN 2017.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 23, 2019 6:49:13 GMT -5
APRIL 23ED
ANSWER:BEREN AND LUTHIEN. THE NOVEL IS SET IN TOLKIEN'S MIDDLE- EARTH AND TELLS THE STORY OF BEREN,A MORTAL MAN AND LUTHIEN AN IMMORTAL ELF.
WHAT IS THE ONLY KIND OF FISH KNOW TO HAVE WARM BLOOD CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT ITE BODY?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 24, 2019 7:23:04 GMT -5
APRIL 24TH
ANSWER:THE OPAH (ALSO KNOWN AS THE MOONFISH). THE OPAH IS ALSO DISTINGUISHED BY ITS VIBRANT COLOR RED, WITH WHITE SPOTS AND GOLD-RINGED EYES.
WHAT HIGH-END TEA GROWN IN CHINA IS FERTILIZED WITH PANDA POOP?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Apr 25, 2019 7:09:50 GMT -5
APRIL 25TH
ANZAC DAY (AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND)
ANSWER:PANDA ECOLOGICAL TEA (PET, APPROPRIATELY NICKNAME PANDA DUNG OR PANDA POO TEA. AT ABOUT $200 PER CUP,IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE TEAS.
WHAT GUINNESS WORLD RECORD DOES THE WORD STRENGTHS HOLD?
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