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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 12, 2020 10:08:22 GMT -5
AUGUST 12TH
ANSWER:JADE ROPER AND TANNER TOLBERT. THE COUPLE WELCOMED A DAUGHTER, EMERSON, IN 2017.
WHAT JAZZ AGE SINGER WAS NICKNAME "THE EMPRESS OF THE BLUES"?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 13, 2020 7:29:39 GMT -5
AUGUST 13TH
ANSWER:BESSIE SMITH. WHIT A POWERFUL, SOULFUL VOICE AND HIT SONGS LIKE"DOWNHEARTED BLUES"AND"NOBODY KNOW YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT," SMITH CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES IN THE 1920S AND 1930S.
WHO IS THE PATRON SAINT OF DENTISTS?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 14, 2020 6:25:37 GMT -5
AUGUST 14TH
ANSWER:SAINT APOLLONIA. THIS ILL-FATE DEACONESS LIVE IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT IN THE 3ED CENTURY. WHEN SHE REFUSED TO RENOUNCE HES CHRISTIAN FAITH, AN ANGRY PAGAN MOB KNOCKED OUT ALL SHE TEETH, THE PAGANS THEM THREATENED TO THROW APOLLONIA INTO A FIRE, BUT SHE JUMPED IN OF HER OWN VOLITION, WHICH TURNED HER INTO A MARTYR AND AS UNLIKELY PATRONESS OF DENTISTS.
WHO PLAYED THE TITULAR CHARACTER IN THE 2018 FILM BLACK PANTHER?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 15, 2020 10:12:18 GMT -5
AUGUST 15TH
ANSWER:CHADWICK BOSEMAN. THE FILM ALSO STARRED MICHAEL B.JORDON AND LUPITA NYONG'O
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF PARAGUAY?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 16, 2020 11:16:39 GMT -5
AUGUST 16
EPHESIANS 4:32 AND BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER,EVEN AS GOD FOR CHRIST'S SAKE HATH FORGIVEN YOU.
ANSWER:ASUNCION. THE CITY'S NAME IS A NOD TO THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY, WHICH IS CELEBRATED ON AUGUST 15-THE SAME DAY A STOCKADE WAS COMPLETED IN ASUNCION BACK IN 1537.
ACTOR TOM HANKS INSPIRED THE NAME OF ASTEROID, 12818 TOMHANKS. WHICH OF HANKS'S FREQUENT COSTARS ALSO INSPIRED AN ASTEROID NAME?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 17, 2020 7:27:06 GMT -5
AUGUST 17TH
ANSWER:MEG RYAN. THE ASTEROID'S NAME IS 8353 MEGRYAN. TOM HANKS AND MEG RYAN APPEARED TOGETHER IN SEVERAL BELOVED ROMANTIC COMEDIES, INCLUDING SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE.
WHAT KIND OF UNUSUAL PLAGUE INFLICTED THE CITY OF STRASBOURG, IN MODERN-DAY FRANCE, IN 1518?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 18, 2020 6:30:18 GMT -5
AUGUST 18TH
ANSWER:A DANCING PLAGUE. HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS COMPULSIVELY DANCE IN THE STREETS SEEMINGLY UNABLE TO STOP, AND MANY DIED FROM EXHAUSTION.WHILE THE CAUSE OF THE PLAGUE REMAINS A MYSTERY, HYPOTHESES ABOUND-PEOPLE AT THE TIME BLAMED IT ON DEMONIC POSSESSION OR OVERHEATED BLOOD,WHILE MORE RECENT THEORIES INCLUDE MASS PSYCHOGENIC DISORDER AND CONVULSIONS PRODUCED BY EATING BREAD CONTAMINATED WITH A FUNGAL DISEASE.
WHAT TWO KINDS OF BIRDS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES OF THE TYRANNOSAURUS REX DINOSAUR?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 19, 2020 7:09:42 GMT -5
AUGUST 19TH
ANSWER:CHICKENS AND OSTRICHES. SCIENTISTS ANALYZED MOLECULES OF COLLAGEN FOUND IN A T.REX BONE, AND IT MOST CLOSELY MATCHED THE COLLAGEN OF CHICKENS AND OSTRICHES.
IN ADDITION TO PENNING CLASSIC NOVELS, MARK TWAIN CREATED A BOARD GAME. WHAT WAS IT CALLED.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 20, 2020 7:08:22 GMT -5
AUGUST 20TH
ANSWER:MARK TWAIN'S MEMORY-BUILDER. HE DESIGNED THE GAME TO HELP PLAYERS REMEMBER IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACTS AND DATES.
WHAT POPULAR DONG PROMPTED POLAROID TO RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING THAT SHAKING OR WAVING A POLAROID PICTURE MAY DAMAGE THE IMAGE?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 21, 2020 8:01:42 GMT -5
AUGUST 21ST
ANSWER:OUTKAST'S "HEY YA," WHICH INCLUDES THE LINE "SHAKE IT LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE.
WHO PAINTED THE FRESCO CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 22, 2020 14:21:24 GMT -5
AUGUST 22
ANSWER:MICHELANGELO. WHEN POPE JULIUS II HIED MICHELANGELO TO PAINT THE CHAPEL'S CEILING IN 1508, THE LEGENDARY ARTIST WAS PRIMARILY KNOW AS SCULPTOR - BUT HE QUICKLY PROVED HIS SKILL WITH A BRUSH.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HEROINE IN NINTENDO'S VIDEO FAME FRANCHISE METROID PRIME?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 23, 2020 13:32:16 GMT -5
AUGUST 23ED
LUKE 15:4-5 8-9 WHAT MAN OF YOU, HAVING AN HUNDRED SHEEP, IF HE LOSE ONE OF THEM, DOTH NOT LEAVE THE NINETY AND NINE IN THE WILDERNESS, AND GO AFTER THAT WHICH IS LOST,UNTIL HE FIND IT? AND WHEN HE HATH FOUND IT,HE LAYETH IT ON HIS SHOULDERS, REJOICING. ETHER WHAT WOMAN HAVING TEN PIECES OF SILVER, IF SHE LOSE ONE PIECE, BOTH DOTH NOT LIGHT A CANDLE, AND SWEEP THE HOUSE, AND SEEK DILIGENTLY TILL SHE FINE IT? AND WHEN SHE HATH FOUND IT, SHE CALLETH HER FRIEND AND SHE NEIGHBOURS TOGETHER, SAYING, REJOICE WITH ME; FOR I HAVE FOUND THE PIECE WHICH I HAD LOST.
ANSWER:SAMUS ARAN. AS AN INTERGALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTER, ARAN TYPICALLY APPEARS IN FULL-BODY ARMOR
WHAT US CITY HAS BEEN NICKNAMED "CEREAL CITY"?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 24, 2020 8:50:51 GMT -5
AUGUST 24TH
ANSWER:BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN. W.K.KELLOGG AND J.H. KELLOGG INVENTED CEREAL FLAKES IN BATTLE CREEK 1894.
IN THE 17TH CENTURY, LONG BEFORE HUMANS TOOK TO SPACE, AN ENGLISH NATURAL PHILOSOPHER NAME JOHN WILKINS SPECULATED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SPACE TRAVEL. WHAT KIND OF SPACECRAFT DID WILKINS PROPOSE?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 25, 2020 7:15:35 GMT -5
AUGUST 25TH
ANSWER:"FLYING CHARIOTS". WILKINS IMAGINED THAT THESE VEHICLES WITH WINGS, POWERED BY GEARS AND SPRINGS, COULD TAKE A MAN TO THE MOON.
WHAT DOES ENTOMOPHAGY REFER TO?
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 26, 2020 7:49:30 GMT -5
AUGUST 26TH
ANSWER:THE PRACTICE OF EATING INSECTS. AN ANIMAL OT PERSON WHO EATS INSECTS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS ENTOMOPHAGOUS.
IN THE ANIMATED FILM THE LION KING, WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL IS TIMON?
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