Sometimes Nuthin' Is a Mighty Cool Hand (332 points)
As The Questions Get Harder We Get More Adorable (318)
Team Yelp (282)
I spent What Was Left on My 401K on My Bar Tab (280)
Racing Presidents (276)
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Reservations Are for Indians and Pussy Cats
Cool Hand Luke
I'll Get Back to You on That
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Clown Baby
Bail Me Out
Mighty Mallards
Clay Aiken - We Didn't See That One Coming!
Cumming Late or Sometimes Not at All
That Was My Next Guess
Sean Sucks
Miley Cyrus 18 Yet?
AIG
We Took Your Table
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Newman's Own
Paul Newman, actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast, recently passed away. Here's my tribute, in trivia form:
-Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland)
-He was the son of Theresa and Arthur Samuel Newman. His father was Jewish and his mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Catholic family in the former Austria–Hungary.
-Newman had described himself as Jewish, stating that, "it's more of a challenge".
-Newman made his acting debut at the age of 7, playing the court jester in a school production of Robin Hood.
-Newman's first movie was The Silver Chalice (1954), followed by roles in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)/ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and The Young Philadelphians (1959).
-Newman appeared in a screen test with James Dean for East of Eden but did not get the role of Aron Trask, for which he was testing.
-That same year Newman would co-star with Eva Marie Saint and Frank Sinatra in a live, color television broadcast of "Our Town".
-Newman would remake this production in 2003, taking on Sinatra's role as the stage manager.
-Newman appeared in such classic films as Exodus (1960), The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Hombre (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969),The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977) and The Verdict (1982)
-Newman's last screen appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the 2002 film Road to Perdition opposite Tom Hanks.
-He continued to provide voice work for films such Doc Hudson, a retired race car in Disney/Pixar's Cars.
-Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982.
-He established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity.
-As of early 2006, this had resulted in excess of $200 million in donations.
-One beneficiary is the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a residential summer camp for seriously ill children.
-Newman was an avid auto racing enthusiast, and first became interested in motorsports while training for and filming Winning.
Newman's first raced professionally in 1972, in Thompson.
-He was a common competitor in Sports Car Club of America events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning several championships.
-At the age of 70 he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race, winning in his class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona.
Info from Wikipedia
-Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland)
-He was the son of Theresa and Arthur Samuel Newman. His father was Jewish and his mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Catholic family in the former Austria–Hungary.
-Newman had described himself as Jewish, stating that, "it's more of a challenge".
-Newman made his acting debut at the age of 7, playing the court jester in a school production of Robin Hood.
-Newman's first movie was The Silver Chalice (1954), followed by roles in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)/ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and The Young Philadelphians (1959).
-Newman appeared in a screen test with James Dean for East of Eden but did not get the role of Aron Trask, for which he was testing.
-That same year Newman would co-star with Eva Marie Saint and Frank Sinatra in a live, color television broadcast of "Our Town".
-Newman would remake this production in 2003, taking on Sinatra's role as the stage manager.
-Newman appeared in such classic films as Exodus (1960), The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Hombre (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969),The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977) and The Verdict (1982)
-Newman's last screen appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the 2002 film Road to Perdition opposite Tom Hanks.
-He continued to provide voice work for films such Doc Hudson, a retired race car in Disney/Pixar's Cars.
-Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982.
-He established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity.
-As of early 2006, this had resulted in excess of $200 million in donations.
-One beneficiary is the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a residential summer camp for seriously ill children.
-Newman was an avid auto racing enthusiast, and first became interested in motorsports while training for and filming Winning.
Newman's first raced professionally in 1972, in Thompson.
-He was a common competitor in Sports Car Club of America events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning several championships.
-At the age of 70 he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race, winning in his class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona.
Info from Wikipedia
Question of the Week
(Lyrically Speaking) According to the song “Me and Bobby McGee”, what’s “just another word for nothing left to lose?”
Friday, September 26, 2008
Patience and Fortitude
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries in the world and is also one of America's most significant research libraries. It is unusual in a way because it is composed of a very large circulating public library system combined with a very large non-lending research library system. The library is a privately managed not for profit with a public mission, operating with both private and public financing.
Currently, the library consists of 89 libraries: four non-lending research libraries, four main lending libraries, a library for the blind and physically handicapped, and 77 neighborhood branch libraries in the three boroughs served. All libraries in the NYPL system may be used free of charge by all visitors.
The two famous stone lions guarding the entrance to the main branch of the library were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. They were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, in honor of the library's founders. These names were transformed into Lady Astor and Lord Lenox (even though both lions are male; bet Astor didn't like that). In the 1930s they were nicknamed "Patience" and "Fortitude" by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. He chose these names because he felt that the citizens of New York would need to possess these qualities to see themselves through the Great Depression. Patience is on the south side (the left as one faces the main entrance) and Fortitude is on the north.
More info at Wikipedia.
Currently, the library consists of 89 libraries: four non-lending research libraries, four main lending libraries, a library for the blind and physically handicapped, and 77 neighborhood branch libraries in the three boroughs served. All libraries in the NYPL system may be used free of charge by all visitors.
The two famous stone lions guarding the entrance to the main branch of the library were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. They were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, in honor of the library's founders. These names were transformed into Lady Astor and Lord Lenox (even though both lions are male; bet Astor didn't like that). In the 1930s they were nicknamed "Patience" and "Fortitude" by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. He chose these names because he felt that the citizens of New York would need to possess these qualities to see themselves through the Great Depression. Patience is on the south side (the left as one faces the main entrance) and Fortitude is on the north.
More info at Wikipedia.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
JR's Scores
We Don't Support Clay Marriage (320 points)
Clay Aiken: Still Gay (274)
Joeys Boyz (261)
Buff and Blue Balls (241)
We're Number Four (200)
karlhein and the SS
Oreo
Clay Aiken: Still Gay (274)
Joeys Boyz (261)
Buff and Blue Balls (241)
We're Number Four (200)
karlhein and the SS
Oreo
Rock Bottom Scores
Derek Jeter Plays Gold in October (344 points)
The Never Nudes (328)
Ho Chi Minh City (319)
Keep the Stadium, Lose the Yankees (312)
The Racing Presidents (306)
Bernard Pollard Fan Club
Dustin's a Homo-sexicle
We Would Try Harder If There Was a Prize for Best Team Name
FDR Can't Dance but He Sure Can Dream
I Can Haz Bailout
Menage a Trivia
That is Not my Problem Damn It
10 People Isn't a Money Shot That's Boo cock ee
Bristol Palin
Sarah Palin Goes Down Like the Dow Jones
Doggie Dinner Bowl Look
Public Enemy Number 1
Bob
The Krakin
The Never Nudes (328)
Ho Chi Minh City (319)
Keep the Stadium, Lose the Yankees (312)
The Racing Presidents (306)
Bernard Pollard Fan Club
Dustin's a Homo-sexicle
We Would Try Harder If There Was a Prize for Best Team Name
FDR Can't Dance but He Sure Can Dream
I Can Haz Bailout
Menage a Trivia
That is Not my Problem Damn It
10 People Isn't a Money Shot That's Boo cock ee
Bristol Palin
Sarah Palin Goes Down Like the Dow Jones
Doggie Dinner Bowl Look
Public Enemy Number 1
Bob
The Krakin
Monday, September 22, 2008
Question of the Week
(Quotes) Who says/said it: “Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars."
Friday, September 19, 2008
Random Trivia Friday: Gangster Nicknames
1. Frank “the Dasher” Abbandando (1910–1942)
Abbandando was a hit man for the New York mob’s Murder, Inc. and may have killed as many as 50 people. The name comes from a particular hit in which he walked up to his victim and pulled the trigger only to have the gun misfire. With his armed victim in pursuit, Frank ran so fast around the block that he came up behind his quarry and coolly shot him in the back. "The Dasher" indeed. Still, even Abbandando couldn’t outrun a stool pigeon inside Murder, Inc. In the end, he was convicted of only a single murder and sent, quickly, to the electric chair.
2. Albert “Lord High Executioner” Anastasia (1903–1957)
Also called “the Mad Hatter” for his love of fedoras, this dapper killer was not a man to be messed with. In the early 1920s, Anastasia was sentenced to death for killing a fellow longshoreman but granted a retrial. The conviction was reversed when four of the witnesses “disappeared.” After helping to kill crime boss Joe Masseria, Anastasia was made head of Murder, Inc. by new boss Lucky Luciano, and was dubbed the mob’s “Lord High Executioner” by the press. While the name stuck, his position didn’t and Anastasia eventually fell out with the other bosses. On October 25, 1957, Anastasia was shot six times while getting a haircut. As one New York paper put it the next day: “He Died in the Chair After All.”
3. Lester “Baby Face Nelson” Gillis (1908–1934)
Gillis wanted to be called “Big George,” but at 5 feet 4 inches, he was stuck with “Baby Face.” Starting as a pickpocket, Lester graduated to enforcer for Al Capone then bank robber and killer. He was known to shoot people for no reason mid-heist. By 1934, Baby Face was the FBI’s Public Enemy No. 1. and on November 27 of that year, he went out with a bang. In a final gun battle with two FBI agents, Nelson killed both G-Men, but ended up with 17 holes himself. Amazingly, Nelson walked back to his getaway car and escaped. Of course, the 17 shots ended up doing the trick. Lester’s body was found in a ditch the next day.
4. Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll (1908–1932)
His first nickname, “the Mick,” was a nod to his Irish roots. His second nickname proved more fitting still. This criminal was a top mob enforcer for New York bootlegger Dutch Schultz. And among his many talents, the versatile Coll specialized in kidnapping and extortion. In fact, he had no qualms about torturing his victims. After falling out with Schultz, Coll touched off a gang war in which at least 20 people were killed, including a five-year-old boy caught in the crossfire. Coll was charged with the shooting, and though he was acquitted, his days on the street were numbered. Mob bosses put a price on Coll’s head, and on February 8, 1932, he was shot more than a dozen times while placing a call in a telephone booth.
5. Tony “the Ant” Spilotro (1938–1986)
For the 15 years after he first hit Las Vegas in 1971 to the day he died, the mob’s chief Vegas enforcer, Tony Spilotro, never spent a day in jail even though he was implicated in at least 24 murders. In one case, he was even said to have squeezed a victim’s head in a vise until his eyes popped out. This scene was recreated bu the movie Casino. Tony hated his "Ant" nickname, which was a reference to his 5'5" stature. In the end, it was the limelight that proved to be his undoing. Tony’s bosses in Chicago figured he was getting a little too much press, so they came up with a quick remedy: Tony and his brother were beaten up, then buried alive in an Indiana cornfield.
6. Aladena “Jimmy the Weasel” Fratianno (1914–1993)
“When the boss tells you to do something,” Fratianno told a reporter in 1987, “you do it. You don’t do it, they kill you.” And that was why he took part in 11 murders. Fratianno, who got his nickname after speedily fleeing a crime scene as a kid, eventually became a government witness in 1977 (after 32 years in the mob). Supposedly ratting on his colleagues because they had a contract on his life. Fratianno spent 10 years in the Federal Witness Protection Program before being kicked out because he was costing taxpayers too much. Still, he died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 79.
From MentalFloss
Abbandando was a hit man for the New York mob’s Murder, Inc. and may have killed as many as 50 people. The name comes from a particular hit in which he walked up to his victim and pulled the trigger only to have the gun misfire. With his armed victim in pursuit, Frank ran so fast around the block that he came up behind his quarry and coolly shot him in the back. "The Dasher" indeed. Still, even Abbandando couldn’t outrun a stool pigeon inside Murder, Inc. In the end, he was convicted of only a single murder and sent, quickly, to the electric chair.
2. Albert “Lord High Executioner” Anastasia (1903–1957)
Also called “the Mad Hatter” for his love of fedoras, this dapper killer was not a man to be messed with. In the early 1920s, Anastasia was sentenced to death for killing a fellow longshoreman but granted a retrial. The conviction was reversed when four of the witnesses “disappeared.” After helping to kill crime boss Joe Masseria, Anastasia was made head of Murder, Inc. by new boss Lucky Luciano, and was dubbed the mob’s “Lord High Executioner” by the press. While the name stuck, his position didn’t and Anastasia eventually fell out with the other bosses. On October 25, 1957, Anastasia was shot six times while getting a haircut. As one New York paper put it the next day: “He Died in the Chair After All.”
3. Lester “Baby Face Nelson” Gillis (1908–1934)
Gillis wanted to be called “Big George,” but at 5 feet 4 inches, he was stuck with “Baby Face.” Starting as a pickpocket, Lester graduated to enforcer for Al Capone then bank robber and killer. He was known to shoot people for no reason mid-heist. By 1934, Baby Face was the FBI’s Public Enemy No. 1. and on November 27 of that year, he went out with a bang. In a final gun battle with two FBI agents, Nelson killed both G-Men, but ended up with 17 holes himself. Amazingly, Nelson walked back to his getaway car and escaped. Of course, the 17 shots ended up doing the trick. Lester’s body was found in a ditch the next day.
4. Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll (1908–1932)
His first nickname, “the Mick,” was a nod to his Irish roots. His second nickname proved more fitting still. This criminal was a top mob enforcer for New York bootlegger Dutch Schultz. And among his many talents, the versatile Coll specialized in kidnapping and extortion. In fact, he had no qualms about torturing his victims. After falling out with Schultz, Coll touched off a gang war in which at least 20 people were killed, including a five-year-old boy caught in the crossfire. Coll was charged with the shooting, and though he was acquitted, his days on the street were numbered. Mob bosses put a price on Coll’s head, and on February 8, 1932, he was shot more than a dozen times while placing a call in a telephone booth.
5. Tony “the Ant” Spilotro (1938–1986)
For the 15 years after he first hit Las Vegas in 1971 to the day he died, the mob’s chief Vegas enforcer, Tony Spilotro, never spent a day in jail even though he was implicated in at least 24 murders. In one case, he was even said to have squeezed a victim’s head in a vise until his eyes popped out. This scene was recreated bu the movie Casino. Tony hated his "Ant" nickname, which was a reference to his 5'5" stature. In the end, it was the limelight that proved to be his undoing. Tony’s bosses in Chicago figured he was getting a little too much press, so they came up with a quick remedy: Tony and his brother were beaten up, then buried alive in an Indiana cornfield.
6. Aladena “Jimmy the Weasel” Fratianno (1914–1993)
“When the boss tells you to do something,” Fratianno told a reporter in 1987, “you do it. You don’t do it, they kill you.” And that was why he took part in 11 murders. Fratianno, who got his nickname after speedily fleeing a crime scene as a kid, eventually became a government witness in 1977 (after 32 years in the mob). Supposedly ratting on his colleagues because they had a contract on his life. Fratianno spent 10 years in the Federal Witness Protection Program before being kicked out because he was costing taxpayers too much. Still, he died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 79.
From MentalFloss
Thursday, September 18, 2008
JR's... Now With Foreign Policy Experience!
I Can See Russia from JRs (290)
Alex's Boyz (282)
We Go Down Faster Than the Stock Market (278)
We Don't Ask bartenders for Answers (260)
Fabulosity (220)
Slap and Tickle
Buff and Blue Balls (Ouch, you hate to see blue balls after the ol' slap and tickle...)
Pig in Lipstick
Where is Juan
Onyx Rod and Trigger
Alex's Boyz (282)
We Go Down Faster Than the Stock Market (278)
We Don't Ask bartenders for Answers (260)
Fabulosity (220)
Slap and Tickle
Buff and Blue Balls (Ouch, you hate to see blue balls after the ol' slap and tickle...)
Pig in Lipstick
Where is Juan
Onyx Rod and Trigger
Under the Covers
a. 1999 (Prince) - Infinite Livez vs Stade
b. I Can't Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt) – Denison Wittmer
c. Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) – The Flaming Lips
d. House of the Rising Sun (The Animals) – Muse
e. Life on Mars (David Bowie) – The Flaming Lips
f. Black Star (Radiohead) – Eliza Lumley
g. Your Song (Elton John) – The Streets
h. Shine (Collective Soul) – Dolly Parton
b. I Can't Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt) – Denison Wittmer
c. Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) – The Flaming Lips
d. House of the Rising Sun (The Animals) – Muse
e. Life on Mars (David Bowie) – The Flaming Lips
f. Black Star (Radiohead) – Eliza Lumley
g. Your Song (Elton John) – The Streets
h. Shine (Collective Soul) – Dolly Parton
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Rock Bottom Scores
Money Shots (304 points)
Chris and Emily are Too Good for Us (298)
Mr. Buttersworth (267)
On My God She Say Nookyoolar Too (265)
Definding Losers (247)
Dark Side of the Room
Team Assmasters and Assblasters
The Racing Presidents
Sarah Palin Supports Drilling in her Daughter's Wetland
At Least We Can Count to Six
Admiral Akbar and the Traps
Lego Wars
Suspicious Polar Bears
Finger and Other Boyd Parts Lickin' Good
I Can't See Russia from my House
Dropkick Yettis
Impeach Trig Palin
Krystal's Birthday
She Likes Trixs
Team Name
Chris and Emily are Too Good for Us (298)
Mr. Buttersworth (267)
On My God She Say Nookyoolar Too (265)
Definding Losers (247)
Dark Side of the Room
Team Assmasters and Assblasters
The Racing Presidents
Sarah Palin Supports Drilling in her Daughter's Wetland
At Least We Can Count to Six
Admiral Akbar and the Traps
Lego Wars
Suspicious Polar Bears
Finger and Other Boyd Parts Lickin' Good
I Can't See Russia from my House
Dropkick Yettis
Impeach Trig Palin
Krystal's Birthday
She Likes Trixs
Team Name
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Request from the Trivia Master
From Jason himself:
"Hello kids-
Some folks have constructively suggested I make mention that some teams are just WAY too big for a fair trivia team. In the past I was strict with team sizes. No more than six people per team. Then I started slacking a bit and saying six-ish. But the past few weeks we've had teams at over 10 people per team. A LITTLE too big for a trivia team.
Truthfully, with everything else I'm doing, it's hard for me to police team sizes, just as it is hard for me to make sure people aren't using their cell phones. I have an honor system and believe if you need to cheat at trivia, then you have bigger issues in your life.
So here's the deal, please TRY to keep your teams around six players, no more. Again, I'm not going to police people on this but for everyone's enjoyment and spirit of fairness, please try to respect this suggested size."
"Hello kids-
Some folks have constructively suggested I make mention that some teams are just WAY too big for a fair trivia team. In the past I was strict with team sizes. No more than six people per team. Then I started slacking a bit and saying six-ish. But the past few weeks we've had teams at over 10 people per team. A LITTLE too big for a trivia team.
Truthfully, with everything else I'm doing, it's hard for me to police team sizes, just as it is hard for me to make sure people aren't using their cell phones. I have an honor system and believe if you need to cheat at trivia, then you have bigger issues in your life.
So here's the deal, please TRY to keep your teams around six players, no more. Again, I'm not going to police people on this but for everyone's enjoyment and spirit of fairness, please try to respect this suggested size."
Saturday, September 13, 2008
A Snoopy Family
Over the course of the Peanuts strip run, it was revealed that Snoopy had been born and raised at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. His father used to run with hunting dogs, but would secretly run ahead and warn the rabbits.
Before they were sold, Snoopy and his brothers and sister made a band and one by one each was sold. Snoopy's original owner was a little girl named Lila, who had to return him to Daisy Hill after her family moved to an apartment. Snoopy was then selected by Charlie Brown's parents as a companion for him after another child threw sand in his face while they were playing in a sandbox.
Snoopy is usually depicted as having seven siblings, five of whom appear at some point in the strip: Andy, Belle, Marbles, Olaf, and Spike. Most often seen is Spike, who lives in the desert. Spike is very thin, wears a fedora and has long whiskers (and also shares his name with one of Schulz's childhood pet dogs.)
Andy looks like a disheveled version of Snoopy. Olaf, who wears a fur cap, is round in both body and face. Marbles is the smartest in the group. He has spots on his fur (making him look somewhat like a Dalmatian), wears shoes, and considers some of Snoopy's behavior very odd. Belle, who looks like Snoopy with long eyelashes, is most notable in that there was a Belle stuffed animal available for many years.
Although Snoopy often mentions that he was one of eight puppies, the two other siblings never appeared in the comic strip. According to the animated special Snoopy's Reunion, they are named Molly and Rover.
For everything Snoopy, see Wikipedia
Before they were sold, Snoopy and his brothers and sister made a band and one by one each was sold. Snoopy's original owner was a little girl named Lila, who had to return him to Daisy Hill after her family moved to an apartment. Snoopy was then selected by Charlie Brown's parents as a companion for him after another child threw sand in his face while they were playing in a sandbox.
Snoopy is usually depicted as having seven siblings, five of whom appear at some point in the strip: Andy, Belle, Marbles, Olaf, and Spike. Most often seen is Spike, who lives in the desert. Spike is very thin, wears a fedora and has long whiskers (and also shares his name with one of Schulz's childhood pet dogs.)
Andy looks like a disheveled version of Snoopy. Olaf, who wears a fur cap, is round in both body and face. Marbles is the smartest in the group. He has spots on his fur (making him look somewhat like a Dalmatian), wears shoes, and considers some of Snoopy's behavior very odd. Belle, who looks like Snoopy with long eyelashes, is most notable in that there was a Belle stuffed animal available for many years.
Although Snoopy often mentions that he was one of eight puppies, the two other siblings never appeared in the comic strip. According to the animated special Snoopy's Reunion, they are named Molly and Rover.
For everything Snoopy, see Wikipedia
Friday, September 12, 2008
a. Space Oddity – Emile Simon (David Bowie)
b. Man in the Mirror – Alex Arrowsmith (Michael Jackson)
c. That's Life – James Brown (Frank Sinatra)
d. F--k and Run – Cassettes Won't Listen (Liz Phair)
e. The Wind Cries Mary – Cassandra Williams (Hendrix)
f. Stars are Blind – AJ Draper (Paris Hilton)
g. Say it Right – Bloc Party (Nelly Furtado)
h. Lucky – My Brightest Diamond (Radio Head)
b. Man in the Mirror – Alex Arrowsmith (Michael Jackson)
c. That's Life – James Brown (Frank Sinatra)
d. F--k and Run – Cassettes Won't Listen (Liz Phair)
e. The Wind Cries Mary – Cassandra Williams (Hendrix)
f. Stars are Blind – AJ Draper (Paris Hilton)
g. Say it Right – Bloc Party (Nelly Furtado)
h. Lucky – My Brightest Diamond (Radio Head)
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Torrance High School, I Looked It Up
Torrance High School, the oldest of four high schools in the Torrance Unified School District in California, is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in the state and a popular location for television and motion picture production.
It was founded in 1917, sharing its campus with an elementary school. It is most known for its appearance in high-profile television shows, including Beverly Hills 90210 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
And the team name was a nod to last week's picture quiz.
(insert "the more your know" song)
More Here
It was founded in 1917, sharing its campus with an elementary school. It is most known for its appearance in high-profile television shows, including Beverly Hills 90210 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
And the team name was a nod to last week's picture quiz.
(insert "the more your know" song)
More Here
Random Trivia Wednesday: The Nobel Prize
1. Robert Lucas, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on the theory of “rational expectations,” split his $1 million prize with his ex-wife, based on a clause in their divorce settlement from seven years earlier: “Wife shall receive 50 percent of any Nobel Prize.”
2. Physicist Lise Meitner, whose work helped lead to the discovery of nuclear fission, was reportedly nominated for the Nobel Prize 13 times without ever winning.
3. In 2007, two winners had a combined age of 177. At 90, professor Leonid Hurwicz is the oldest person to ever win (one-third of the Prize in Economics); at 87, writer Doris Lessing is the oldest woman (Literature).
4. DNA expert Kary Mullis – 1993 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry – was scheduled to be a defense witness in O.J. Simpson’s murder trial. However, Simpson lawyer Barry Scheck felt the prosecution’s DNA case was already essentially destroyed, and he didn’t want Mullis’ personal life to distract jurors (he’d expressed an affinity for LSD).
5. In the last ten years, the Nobel Prize in Literature has gone for the first time to authors in Portugal, China, Trinidad & Tobago, Hungary, Austria and Turkey
6. Nobel Laureates include: Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Jimmy Carter, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Beckett, Pierre & Marie Curie, Max Planck and Albert Einstein.
7. Big names who never won: Leo Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Mangesh Hattikudur, Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Paul Tagliabue, Henrik Ibsen, Thomas Edison and Mahatma Gandhi.
8. As part of his divorce settlement, Einstein’s Nobel Prize money went to his ex-wife, Mileva Maric.
9. The first Nobel Laureates collected 150,800 Swedish kronor (about $15,420 today). The stakes have been raised. This year’s prize was $1.5 million – shared in the case of multiple winners.
10. The Curie family is a Nobel Prize machine, winning five: Pierre and Marie for Physics in 1901; Marie solo for Chemistry in 1911; daughter Irene and her husband Frédéric Joliot-Curie for Chemistry in 1935; and Henry Labouisse – Irene’s daughter Eve’s second husband – accepted on behalf of UNICEF in 1965.
11. Alfred Nobel – inventor of dynamite – may have been inspired to create the Nobel Prize after a premature obituary in a French newspaper called him a “merchant of death.”
2. Physicist Lise Meitner, whose work helped lead to the discovery of nuclear fission, was reportedly nominated for the Nobel Prize 13 times without ever winning.
3. In 2007, two winners had a combined age of 177. At 90, professor Leonid Hurwicz is the oldest person to ever win (one-third of the Prize in Economics); at 87, writer Doris Lessing is the oldest woman (Literature).
4. DNA expert Kary Mullis – 1993 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry – was scheduled to be a defense witness in O.J. Simpson’s murder trial. However, Simpson lawyer Barry Scheck felt the prosecution’s DNA case was already essentially destroyed, and he didn’t want Mullis’ personal life to distract jurors (he’d expressed an affinity for LSD).
5. In the last ten years, the Nobel Prize in Literature has gone for the first time to authors in Portugal, China, Trinidad & Tobago, Hungary, Austria and Turkey
6. Nobel Laureates include: Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Jimmy Carter, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Beckett, Pierre & Marie Curie, Max Planck and Albert Einstein.
7. Big names who never won: Leo Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Mangesh Hattikudur, Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Paul Tagliabue, Henrik Ibsen, Thomas Edison and Mahatma Gandhi.
8. As part of his divorce settlement, Einstein’s Nobel Prize money went to his ex-wife, Mileva Maric.
9. The first Nobel Laureates collected 150,800 Swedish kronor (about $15,420 today). The stakes have been raised. This year’s prize was $1.5 million – shared in the case of multiple winners.
10. The Curie family is a Nobel Prize machine, winning five: Pierre and Marie for Physics in 1901; Marie solo for Chemistry in 1911; daughter Irene and her husband Frédéric Joliot-Curie for Chemistry in 1935; and Henry Labouisse – Irene’s daughter Eve’s second husband – accepted on behalf of UNICEF in 1965.
11. Alfred Nobel – inventor of dynamite – may have been inspired to create the Nobel Prize after a premature obituary in a French newspaper called him a “merchant of death.”
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Rock Bottom Winners
Moneyshots (330 points)
Lance Armstrong Must Have Gotten Tired of Riding Matthew McConaughey (301)
The Racing Presidents (291)
Bristol Palin Baby Daddy / Bullwinkle Died of Autoerotic Asphyxiation (286) Tie
Drink the Beer
Torrance HS - Look It Up
This Space Intentionally Left Blank
Sara Palin was for Brady's Knee Before She Was Against It
Sofa King Awsomer Than Your Mom
Premature E-Jack -o-lantern
Burned Activist Association of America
Rashid's Angel
Is Kim Jong "Ill"
We're Really Great With Kids, the Police Just Disagree
Lance Armstrong Must Have Gotten Tired of Riding Matthew McConaughey (301)
The Racing Presidents (291)
Bristol Palin Baby Daddy / Bullwinkle Died of Autoerotic Asphyxiation (286) Tie
Drink the Beer
Torrance HS - Look It Up
This Space Intentionally Left Blank
Sara Palin was for Brady's Knee Before She Was Against It
Sofa King Awsomer Than Your Mom
Premature E-Jack -o-lantern
Burned Activist Association of America
Rashid's Angel
Is Kim Jong "Ill"
We're Really Great With Kids, the Police Just Disagree
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Question of the Week
(Business/Corporations) What does the “E” stand for in the name of the insurance company – GEICO?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
My State Capital is Smaller Than Your State Capital
Smallest US State Capitals:
Vermont (Montpelier) - 8,035
South Dakota (Pierre) - 13,876
Maine (Augusta) - 18,560
Montana (Helena) - 25,780
Kentucky (Frankfort) - 27,741
Alaska (Juneau) - 30,987
Delaware (Dover) - 32,135
Maryland (Annapolis) - 36,217
Missouri (Jefferson City) - 39,636
Vermont (Montpelier) - 8,035
South Dakota (Pierre) - 13,876
Maine (Augusta) - 18,560
Montana (Helena) - 25,780
Kentucky (Frankfort) - 27,741
Alaska (Juneau) - 30,987
Delaware (Dover) - 32,135
Maryland (Annapolis) - 36,217
Missouri (Jefferson City) - 39,636
JRs Scores
Joey's Boyz (281 points)
Buff and Blue Balls (261)
Brian (191)
And the Secret Word is -- Abstinence (183)
Shirley Temple of Doom (123)
Matthew Assisted by Ricky
Buff and Blue Balls (261)
Brian (191)
And the Secret Word is -- Abstinence (183)
Shirley Temple of Doom (123)
Matthew Assisted by Ricky
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Rock Bottom Scores
Money Shots (324 points)
Jason's Mom is Always the Answer (284)
Racing Presidents (241)
Alaskan Love Children (230)
The Future Mr. Palin (225)
Grandma Palin and the Kids
The Products of Abstinence Only Education
Jason's Mom is Always the Answer (284)
Racing Presidents (241)
Alaskan Love Children (230)
The Future Mr. Palin (225)
Grandma Palin and the Kids
The Products of Abstinence Only Education
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