Guess who is going to post next.

Well, in that case...

Oh, and a hit on the TV show with the Zep songs in the 2nd season... Kids in the Hall fans would recognize one of the main actors...

and we still don't have Gandalf's colors . . .
I guess lemon, cornflower blue, and orange sherbert


Q next!

pitu wrote: p.s.
can I cruely suggest it's not trivia if no one ever knew it in the first place?
sorry Q...

ohhhh. at least one other person on this earth knew about Carabine jeans:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.culture.us.1980s/browse_thread/thread/e718a9347246cbfd/fc7ae08e86d8d4eb?lnk=st&q=carabine+jeans&rnum=1&hl=en#fc7ae08e86d8d4eb
which is what makes it so freakishly fun :twisted:

although Calvin Klein was also a right answer.
so props to Shishkab!

In what city is the Musee Mecanique located?
They used to have a female dancer doll in combat boots...she was awesome...and much tougher than the dancer doll in this video...

Alafair?

p.s. I have a new idea -- make the question in color to make them easier to pull out of the thread...

pitu wrote: and we still don't have Gandalf's colors . . .
I guess lemon, cornflower blue, and orange sherbert

No, no, no - the main part is, Gandalf is one of how many in his order? The follow-up is can you name the 'colors' of the others? Example - Gandalf was known as Gandalf the Grey.

Where the Rings nerds @? AW?!

what was jack white's profession before the stripes?

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MK?

WhyFi wrote: [quote=pitu]and we still don't have Gandalf's colors . . .
I guess lemon, cornflower blue, and orange sherbert

No, no, no - the main part is, Gandalf is one of how many in his order? The follow-up is can you name the 'colors' of the others? Example - Gandalf was known as Gandalf the Grey.

Where the Rings nerds @? AW?!

I must have been reading a bad translation...I could SWEAR it was Gandalf the Gooseberry Green!

Maya Angelou next!

WhyFi wrote: Well, in that case...

Oh, and a hit on the TV show with the Zep songs in the 2nd season... Kids in the Hall fans would recognize one of the main actors...

ooh ooh, is it that "somethin somethin Radio" show with my man Phil Hartman? CRAP -- CAN I JUST SAY HOW HARD IT IS TO PLAY THIS GAME WITHOUT GOOGLE?!?!?

was that right, WhyFi?

shishkab wrote: ooh ooh, is it that "somethin somethin Radio" show with my man Phil Hartman? CRAP -- CAN I JUST SAY HOW HARD IT IS TO PLAY THIS GAME WITHOUT GOOGLE?!?!?

was that right, WhyFi?

Got it - the late, great News Radio (and Phil Hartman, for that matter).

Okay, how about old, old school - name the god chained to the side of a mountain who has liver eaten each day, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day...

shish - you down with OGG (Old Greek Gods)?

yo yo yo! okay, geek that i am, i am going to slightly correct you first. he was not a god; he was a titan. his name was Prometheus and he was chained to the mountain for bringing fire to man. and at some point, Hercules frees him, right?

am i a nerd or what, pitu?

oh, and let me add another question to the mix:

who was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

fine. aberforth dumbledore was prosecuted for using inappropriate charms on a goat. yeesh. it was in OotP. yes, that's the next movie.

okay, fine. my trivia is too obscure and 'literary'. I quit the game.

thanks a lot, MK.

Sorry guys, I've had a long day away from a computer (teaching a course in the city), and I've got another one coming tomorrow. I knew the William Henry Harrison question, at least!

AFN next.

goats. inappropriate charms. I can't believe no one is being all feaky bestial about this.

right carnivore?

Hey, what did I do, Alfy?

@shish - I was SO going to make that correction just after submitting, but I figured nah, no one'll know the diff!

Okay, here's another - What three days of the week are named after Norse Gods, and what are their names...? (Neil Gaiman fans should get this one, too!)

@Alfy - totally don't remember that! I googled, but I only came up with that fact that he might have the locket!

Idlewild, surely you're up this early!

9:15am and I'm already time-wasting.......

Wednesday (Odinn), Friday (Frejya) and Thursday (Thor)

Name the 2 major settlement efforts in Viking Greenland....bonus points for naming at least one of the farms.

Pitu?

Buenos Dias!
Nobel Peace Prize American...Roosevelt? The problem is, I don't know *which* Roosevelt...
What's missing from this formula for food of the Norse gods whose days I forget?
'Nilla wafers + vanilla pudding + ?

Alaf?

WhyFi wrote: @shish - I was SO going to make that correction just after submitting, but I figured nah, no one'll know the diff!

Okay, here's another - What three days of the week are named after Norse Gods, and what are their names...? (Neil Gaiman fans should get this one, too!)

@Alfy - totally don't remember that! I googled, but I only came up with that fact that he might have the locket!

Idlewild, surely you're up this early!

Indeed I am. I'm plucking the crust off my eyebrows, wiping the overnight snake skin off my mouth, scratching my pits and doing other manly morning ablutions. Tuesday is from a Norse god of war, Wednesday I know is from Odin and Thursday is a dead heat between Thor and Nipsey Russell.

After Hong Kong, which Chinese territory was the last to be given back to China by a European country? Any clue, Pitu?

Macau
I'll give you an easy one, since you're clearly *busy*
Which Nobel Prize winner once headed the NYPD?
Idlewild?

Teddy Roosevelt I believe. I think he got it for brokering a peace deal between Russia and Japan. Now that I think about it was the Nobel even around in Teddy's time?

Local NY Q: Two Parter. What hotel was knocked down to make way for the Empire State Building and what public works was located at the present NY Public Library at 5th Ave by E. 42nd?

Pitu first, Why Fi if Pitu is too busy watching Springer.

quijibo wrote: [color=darkred]what was jack white's profession before the stripes?

Did someone already answer this?
I think he was a furniture guy, he did upolstery and stuff?

Q??

Teddy is correct, as was Macau I believe. I love Portugal!

I have no idea about the NY2.
My head is in Greenland, not Springer . . . I want to say Newfoundland and Iceland for Bklyntrans's Q.

Who claims the earliest European parliment?

MK - I think you're the one that dragged me into the game by calling me out. I blame you!!!

sweet tea - I think your question about subs was part of the ny1 historical moments thingamabob. something about the civil war and it ended in a draw.

whyfi - he also owns, I believe, the hog's head - the dodgy bar in hogsmead.

all these history questions are killing me. I can't answer any of them. historically retarded!

so, instead, I'll get back in the game despite earlier petulance. except I'm using quick reply. I'll edit and change the color in a sec.

what's the difference between the poker games of five-card draw and five-card stud?

Yes Mamacita! Jack White was formerly a furniture upholsterer
Tuesday - some Norse God of WAR
Wednesday - Odin
Thursday - Thor

right Nerdy Shishkab?

NYPL-42 St was NY Reservoir. Right, Idlewild?

What US state is bordered by 7 others?

Do you know, Mamacita?

alafairnadia: The difference is that in 5 card draw, all 5 cards are dealt face down. Players may then discard up to 3 cards (in a "straight" game) in hopes of improving his/her hand. Betting, where applicable, occurs after the initial deal, and after players have recieved their replacement cards.

In 5 card stud, two cards are initially dealt - one face down and one face up. Betting then takes place, and again for each subsequent card dealt. I believe the "formal" way of playing 5 card calls for the last 4 cards to be dealt face up, but I have frequently seen the last dealt face down. I won't cheat and look it up.

MK: Guessing Tennessee. What US state is bordered by one other?

Ok then, what New York professional sports team has retired the same number twice and who were the players that wore it? Oh, and what was the number?
Whyfi?

right on, drano! I think the original version of 5 card stud, as it was played hundreds of years ago, was the last 4 cards up. I think, though, a lot of people today play last card down. I am pretty good at draw, but just can't do well with stud games. I think I get confused with up cards and down cards all mixed up. this is especially so in 7 card stud. probably why I'm also the worst omaha player in the universe.

I'm out of questions. I'm quiz challenged, aren't I pitu?

Drano: Maine?
And no, it's not Tennessee. But you're close. (TN is one of the 7 states.)

pitu?

right on right on to Pitu and Idlewild re: my hero (and no i'm not kidding) Terry Roosevelt, the greatest freakin' president this country has ever seen. and yes, Idlewild, they had the Nobels back then -- the prizes were first given in 1901, and Teddy won in 1906. good job!

okay, here's an interesting piece of seriously useless trivia: Who was the first US President to wear contact lenses?

do you know, carnivore?

answer: John F Kennedy
is that right pitu?