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Thursday, August 19th, 2010Portmanteauverload
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
This is how far we’ve come.
Bromance, chillax, and staycation are now entering into the OED.
Shit, all we can do is combine words to make new ones. I’m amazed “cruck” and “Trar” aren’t in there.
Needless to say I think the portmanteau thing has gotten out of hand. I’m calling for a word combining moratorium. We can keep what we have now. The classics like “brunch” and “cockgina” will be honored and live on, and the more recent, trendy ones will hopefully slip away. The with the moratorium in place we, as a people sharing a common language, can move beyond what is essentially cutesy-speak.
MFers walk around Milwaukee wearing Wiscompton shirts.
I’m not going to act like I never use modern portmanteau. I’ve dropped a Recessionista bomb. But I never really considered it OED worthy.
I once saw Hank Rollins speak, and he was going on about how the language needs to advance. He claimed he was looking towards rap music, but he was losing faith. Of course this was before Def Jux.
Brass Stax: Fuck your jeggings and your jorts. Fuck Brangelina, Fuck Robsten (really, that is the shittiest one), and fuck RumorAubreyPlazator. You wanna find new words that aren’t 10o% weak? Check with the bloggermanship.
RAGE!
Get your sleep on.
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010I got heaps of sleeps last night and now I can barely keep my eyes open. WTF is with this? I think the solution would be for me to get a little bit higher desk to sit at while typing. Then when I get hit by the wave of sleeps I could just stand up, real fast, and keep typing. Like some rock god. Slaughtering the ivories.
I’d be on my feet, doing my rhythmic bob, typing r-u-m-o-rator.com and getting knuckle deep into some Wordpress.
PART 2
I’ve spent a fair amount of time driving lately and I’ve seen some odd shit, Imma share some with you.
I’m not sure what is going on with this car. Given the weather, I’m thinking Mazzel may have been some kind of storm chaser, but this is not nearly as rad as the equipment in Twister with Hank Azaria’s Wife and Billy Paxton. Or was it Pullman.
Also I saw zero flying cows.
Then the other day I saw this:
Forgive my Fone-mera skills, but I assure you that license plate says SMK POL. Smoke Pole. Pole Smoker.
Even better than the lady that was ADK LOVR
Trivia answers are coming tomorrow. Until then I’ll be practicing kicking my chair back as I stand up, Billy Joel doing Moving Out (Anthony’s Song) style. B-boys, keep those windmills breezey.
Trivia Answers from 8-9-10
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Round 1 Constellations
1. The Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters, is said to be pursued across the sky by what hunter? Orion
2.What is the common name for the constellation Ursa Major? The Big Dipper
3. Named after the swan, what constellation is also known as the Northern Cross? Cygnus
4. Name this constellation: Scorpio
5. Named after a famous foe of Hercules and covering more than 1,300 square degrees in the sky, what constellation is regarded as the largest in the sky? Hydra
Round 2 Birds
6. What is the only bird that can fly backwards? Hummingbird
7. What is a group of ravens called? Murder
8. What bird, commonly seen in this area, is known to scientists as Branta canadensis? Canada Goose
9. What bird, assumed extinct until recieving acclaim for reported sightings in Arkansas in 2004, is now classified as “probably or definitely extinct?” Ivory Billed Woodpecker
10. What is the common name for this bird? Scarlett Tanager
Round 3 Arcade Showdown!
11.What 2007 documentary follows Steve Weibe as he tries to defeat Billy Mitchell’s high score in the game Donkey Kong? King of Kong: Fist Full of Quarters
12. What is the official name of the pieces of Tetris? Tetraminoes
13. What video game features the characters Chop Chop Master Onion, Katy Kat, PJ Beri and MC King Kong Mushi? Parappa the Rapper
14. What city is known as the video game capital of the world? Ottumwa, Iowa
15. What game is this screen capture from? Dragon Warrior
Round 4—Current Events
16. Allegations surfaced last week that Brett Favre sent pictures of himself mastubating to Jenn Sterger while they both worked for the Jets. In one photo, what kind of footwear was most notably wearing? Crocs
17. Saudi Arabia recently banned what device because it’s security agencies could not crack it in order to monitor exchanged data between them? Blackberries
18. Who is the President of Cuba? Raul Castro
19. What is the name of the controversial proposed Muslim center near Ground Zero? Cordoba
20. Naomi Campbell recently testified at the war crimes trial of what former Liberian president? Charles Taylor
Round 5—Economics
21.Who coined the term “the invisible hand” in his book The Wealth of Nations? Adam Smith
22. What french term is used to describe an economic policy that lacks all regulation? Laissez-Faire
23. Though he later signed on to it as his running mate, what term did George Bush use to describe Ronald Reagan’s economic policy? Voodoo Economics
24. What often misused term describes an economic system with the goal to more effectively satisfy demand by producing utility directly without being burdened by private property relations in the means of production and the need to generate profit? Socialism
25. What 2002 act was enacted as a reaction to the large numbers of corporate and accounting scandals at companies like Enron, Adelphia, Tyco and WorldCom? Sarbanes -Oxley
Round 6—Ebonics
26. According to the rapper Big L in the song Ebonics if “sneakers is kicks, movies is flicks, and money is chips” What would you call your car? Whip
27. The 70s, 80s or 90s: In what decade was the term Ebonics coined by Robert Williams? 1970s
28. Again, from the book of Big L, song Ebonics, verse 2, lines 3-5″If you caught a felony, you got an FIf you got killed, you got leftAnd if you got the Dragon…”What is your ailment? Bad Breath
29. What California school district passed a resolution in 1996 recognizing the legitimacy of Ebonics, mandating some instruction in the dialect? Oakland
30. Since 1996 linguists have used what phrase in place of Ebonics, to avoid any mixed connotations on account of the word? African American Vernacular English
Round 7—Wild Card
31. Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine with all the chicks? Shaft
32. What classic video game was inducted into the Video Game Hall of fame in 2010, the first game to be inducted? Pac-man
33. Which of the following magazine titles does not fall under the umbrella of the Conde Nast Publication Company: Brides, Guns and Ammo, Golf Digest, or The New Yorker? Guns and Ammo
34. It is predicted that White Nose Syndrome (Geomyces Destructans) will wipe out the population of what mammal in the Northeast United States within the next 15-20 years? Little Brown Bat
35. Put the layers of the Earth’s atmosphere in order, starting with the closest to the Earth: Exosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
Round 8—WTF?
36. What in tarnation is that? Shake Weight
37. What the deuce? Uranus
38. What the frack? Notre Dame
39. What the crap? I forgot what we had here
40. The fuck? Famicom
Round 9—Books
41. Who created the character Sherlock Holmes? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
42. The character of Nick Adams is partly inspired by what author’s youth spent in northern Michigan? Hemingway
43. What Edward Abbey book is often cited as influential to the founding of the organizations EarthFirst! and the Earth Liberation Front? The Monkeywrench Gang
44. Who wrote the books Into Thin Air, Into The Wild and Under the Banner of Heaven? Krakauer
45. First published in Spanish in 1967, what book tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family in the fictional town of Macondo, Columbia, and has been translated into 37 languages worldwide? 100 Years of Solitude
Round 10—Celebrity Geeks
46. Danica McKellar wrote the books Math Doesn’t Suck, Kiss My Math, and Hot X to increase middle school aged girls’ interest in mathematics, and is notable for playing Winnie Cooper in what TV sitcom? Wonder Years
47. Better known for her roles in Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, and Van Helsing, what actress is an alumni of the New College at Oxford, and twice won the W.H. Smith Award for young writers? Kate Beckinsale
48. Who published the works MgL Emission in the Night-Sky Spectrum (1972), An Investigation of the Motion of Zodiacal Dust Particles (Part I) (1973), Fat Bottomed Girls (1978), and We Will Rock You (1977)? Brian May of Queen
49. What popular TV personality graduated magna cum laude, and served as editor of the Harvard Lampoon for two years while attending the Cambridge, MA school? Conan O’Brien
50. What action film star holds a degree from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, a MS in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at MIT? Dolph Lundgren
Round 11—Greek Mythology
51. What was the name of the mountain on which the Greek Gods resided? Olympus
52. To the Romans, the God of wine, theater, and ecstasy was known as Bacchus. By what name did the Greeks know him? Dionysus
53. What was the name of Jason’s ship in his quest to find the golden fleece? Argo
54. Who slew Medusa? Perseus
55. What club-footed God of technology, blacksmithing, artisans, and volcanoes was Aphrodite’s husband? Hephaestus
Round 12—Is Canadian, Is Not Canadian
56. Steve Nash- Is Canadian
57. Adrian Grenier- Is not Canadian
58. The dude who played DATA in Star Trek TNG– Is not Canadian
59. Neko Case– Is not Canadian
60. Jonah Hill– Is not Canadian
Twas some serious game brought by LV. I guess that’s why she runs Manhattan.
3rd place= Brooke with 22 points
2nd place= A-man with 48 points
1st place =LV with 80 points
Any of those scores would be respectable at the Red Dot. Trust.
In the meantime I just asked some girl if she wanted to go with me to my favorite new joint in MKE:
She said no.
But I just shook it off. I get by.
Trivia Recap
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Alright, here’s your weekly trivia rounders. Knock ‘em dead folks. Also, as clarification Brooke totally won last week.
57 people were playing last night. Shit’s at capacity. Fire Code. Get there early if you want a table.
It was hot as fuck. I think I have late hitting heat stroke.
Game on:
Round 1 Constellations
1. The Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters, is said to be pursued across the sky by what hunter?
2.What is the common name for the constellation Ursa Major?
3. Named after the swan, what constellation is also known as the Northern Cross?
4. Name this constellation
5. Named after a famous foe of Hercules and covering more than 1,300 square degrees in the sky, what constellation is regarded as the largest in the sky?
Round 2 Birds
6. What is the only bird that can fly backwards?
7. What is a group of ravens called?
8. What bird, commonly seen in this area, is known to scientists as Branta canadensis?
9. What bird, assumed extinct until recieving acclaim for reported sightings in Arkansas in 2004, is now classified as “probably or definitely extinct?”
10. What is the common name for this bird?
Round 3 Arcade Showdown!
11.What 2007 documentary follows Steve Weibe as he tries to defeat Billy Mitchell’s high score in the game Donkey Kong?
12. What is the official name of the pieces of Tetris?
13. What video game features the characters Chop Chop Master Onion, Katy Kat, PJ Beri and MC King Kong Mushi?
14. What city is known as the video game capital of the world?
15. What game is this screen capture from?
Round 4—Current Events
16. Allegations surfaced last week that Brett Favre sent pictures of himself mastubating to Jenn Sterger while they both worked for the Jets. In one photo, what kind of footwear was most notably wearing?
17. Saudi Arabia recently banned what device because it’s security agencies could not crack it in order to monitor exchanged data between them?
18. Who is the President of Cuba?
19. What is the name of the controversial proposed Muslim center near Ground Zero?
20. Naomi Campbell recently testified at the war crimes trial of what former Liberian president?
Round 5—Economics
21.Who coined the term “the invisible hand” in his book The Wealth of Nations?
22. What french term is used to describe an economic policy that lacks all regulation?
23. Though he later signed on to it as his running mate, what term did George Bush use to describe Ronald Reagan’s economic policy?
24. What often misused term describes an economic system with the goal to more effectively satisfy demand by producing utility directly without being burdened by private property relations in the means of production and the need to generate profit?
25. What 2002 act was enacted as a reaction to the large numbers of corporate and accounting scandals at companies like Enron, Adelphia, Tyco and WorldCom?
Round 6—Ebonics
26. According to the rapper Big L in the song Ebonics if “sneakers is kicks, movies is flicks, and money is chips” What would you call your car?
27. The 70s, 80s or 90s: In what decade was the term Ebonics coined by Robert Williams?
28. Again, from the book of Big L, song Ebonics, verse 2, lines 3-5″If you caught a felony, you got an FIf you got killed, you got leftAnd if you got the Dragon…”What is your ailment?
29. What California school district passed a resolution in 1996 recognizing the legitimacy of Ebonics, mandating some instruction in the dialect?
30. Since 1996 linguists have used what phrase in place of Ebonics, to avoid any mixed connotations on account of the word?
Round 7—Wild Card
31. Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine with all the chicks?
32. What classic video game was inducted into the Video Game Hall of fame in 2010, the first game to be inducted?
33. Which of the following magazine titles does not fall under the umbrella of the Conde Nast Publication Company: Brides, Guns and Ammo, Golf Digest, or The New Yorker?
34. It is predicted that White Nose Syndrome (Geomyces Destructans) will wipe out the population of what mammal in the Northeast United States within the next 15-20 years?
35. Put the layers of the Earth’s atmosphere in order, starting with the closest to the Earth: Exosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere.
Round 8—WTF?
36. What in tarnation is that?
37. What the deuce?
38. What the frack?
39. What the crap?
40. The fuck?
Round 9—Books
41. Who created the character Sherlock Holmes?
42. The character of Nick Adams is partly inspired by what author’s youth spent in northern Michigan?
43. What Edward Abbey book is often cited as influential to the founding of the organizations EarthFirst! and the Earth Liberation Front?
44. Who wrote the books Into Thin Air, Into The Wild and Under the Banner of Heaven?
45. First published in Spanish in 1967, what book tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family in the fictional town of Macondo, Columbia, and has been translated into 37 languages worldwide?
Round 10—Celebrity Geeks
46. Danica McKellar wrote the books Math Doesn’t Suck, Kiss My Math, and Hot X to increase middle school aged girls’ interest in mathematics, and is notable for playing Winnie Cooper in what TV sitcom?
47. Better known for her roles in Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, and Van Helsing, what actress is an alumni of the New College at Oxford, and twice won the W.H. Smith Award for young writers?
48. Who published the works MgL Emission in the Night-Sky Spectrum (1972), An Investigation of the Motion of Zodiacal Dust Particles (Part I) (1973), Fat Bottomed Girls (1978), and We Will Rock You (1977)?
49. What popular TV personality graduated magna cum laude, and served as editor of the Harvard Lampoon for two years while attending the Cambridge, MA school?
50. What action film star holds a degree from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, a MS in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at MIT?
Round 11—Greek Mythology
51. What was the name of the mountain on which the Greek Gods resided?
52. To the Romans, the God of wine, theater, and ecstasy was known as Bacchus. By what name did the Greeks know him?
53. What was the name of Jason’s ship in his quest to find the golden fleece?
54. Who slew Medusa?
55. What club-footed God of technology, blacksmithing, artisans, and volcanoes was Aphrodite’s husband?
Round 12—Is Canadian, Is Not Canadian
56. Steve Nash
57. Adrian Grenier
58. The dude who played DATA in Star Trek TNG
59. Neko Case
60. Jonah Hill
Typical Tuesday: Trivia Recap
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Listen.
All I got to say is “If you’re in Milwaukee and not spending your Monday nights playing trivia at the Red Dot, You’re missing out.” We had another banger crowd last night. The humidity was high, the sweat was sweating, and brains were getting bigged.
Plus now we’ve got this projector system that enables me to put up massive pictures of Emanuelle Chriqui.
So recap this shit. And be there next week at 8pm.
Round 1
The Simpsons
1. Who is the head of the Springfield Mafia?
2. What is Marge’s maiden name?
3. Who voices the characters Moe, Chief Wiggum, and The Comic Book Guy, among many others?
4. What new name, inspired by a hair dryer did Homer once choose for himself?
5. In episode 95 what doll does Lisa Simpson help create to positively influence young girls, a counterpart to Malibu Stacy?
Round 2
Art
6. Who drew The Vitruvian Man?
7. What artist are these works credited to?
8. In November of 2006, what Dreamworks founder sold, #5, 1948 and Woman III, fetching the two highest prices for works of art in history?
9. Owned by the Milwaukee Art Museum and coveted by museums such as the Louvre, who does this Francisco de Zurbaran painting depict?
10. Who painted Study after Velazquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X?
Round 3
Current Events
11. Tens of thousands of files related to the war in Afghanistan were recently leaked to what website?
12. Who was recently ousted as CEO of BP?
13. Name the New York congressman, once head of the Ways and Means committee, now the subject of ethics charges including failing to pay income tax earned from his Caribbean villa?
14. Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for commanding the S-21 prison, where more than 14,000 people entered and just more than a dozen survived. Under what regime did he serve?
15. Twenty-one people were crushed to death and more than 500 more were injured recently at what German music festival?
Round 4
Sports
16. Who was the first boxer to hold the IBF, WBA and WBC heavyweight titles simultaneously?
17. Who won the 2010 Tour de France?
18. In what Wisconsin town was Danica Patrick born?
19. Who is the last woman to win tennis’ grand slam, winning all four majors in the same calendar year?
20. Name the original six NHL teams
Round 5
Famous Nightclubs
21. What Minneapolis nightclub, identified by the 531 stars painted on it’s exterior, was originally a Greyhound bus station and was featured in the film Purple Rain?
22. What NYC night club originally intended to play country, blue grass and blues, but became known for The Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads?
23. On what West Hollywood street would you find the nightclubs Whisky-a-go-go, The Roxy Theater and The Viper Room?
24. Dinosaur Jr., Mr. Lif, the Minibosses, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have all recorded works called “Live at the Middle East.” What city is The Middle East in?
25. On February 20, 2003 a fire broke out during a Great White set and killed 100 people at what Warwick, RI nightclub?
Round 6
WTF
26. Visual
27. Visual
28. Visual
29. Visual
30. Visual
Round 7
Jazz
31. What Belgian guitar virtuoso popularized Gypsy Jazz?
32. Who released the albums Criss Cross, Straight, No Chaser, and Underground?
33. What style of Jazz is also one of the enemies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
34. What film director typically plays clarinet with the New Orleans Jazz Band every Monday at Manhattan’s Carlyle Hotel?
35. Composed by Fred Morton in 1905 and published in 1915, what is often considered the first Jazz arrangement to be published?
Round 8
Currency
36. What country’s currency is known as the ‘dong?’
37. Where in the US would you find the American Numismatic Association Money Museum, that houses the largest circulating numismatic library in the world?
38. Ragnheidour Jonsdottir appears on the 5000 kronur banknote of what country?
39. In what country could you pay with Havelbluete, Agusta, and Chiemgauer?
40. What artist is featured on the 100 Swiss Franc Banknote, with his sculpture L’ Homme que Marche I?
Round 9
Who dat?
41. River Phoenix
42. Wayne Brady
43. Emanuelle Chriqui
44. Karl Lagerfeld
45. Ke$ha
Round 10
Wild Card
46. Which of these East Side (Milwaukee) streets runs opposite the others: Frederick, Linnwood, Shepard?
47. What was the name of the TV reporter who befriended the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
48. In what plant do you most commonly find Urushiol Oil?
49. In print and outdoor ads for watches what time is most likely displayed?
50. In the 1985 movie The Goonies, what was the name of One Eyed Willy’s ship?
Round 11
Westerns
51.Who portrayed ‘The Waco Kid’ in Blazing Saddles?
52. What Akira Kurosawa movie inspired the classic western The Magnificent Seven?
53. Who starred in the 1960 western Flaming Star?
54. Who directed A Fistfull of Dollars?
55. What character coined the phrase “Missouri Boatride?”
Round 12
Game Shows
56. A popular game show which presents contestants with the answer and asks them to provide the question.
57. On what 1980’s game show were contestants known to yell “Big money, big money, big money, no whammies, STOP?”
58. What game show inspired the internet acronym ‘ftw?’
59. What 1979-80 game show hosted by Jim Peck used the tagline “Who knows a man better, his wife or his secretary?”
60. Visual
Unrelated
I saw the press release today that Luke Mitrani is officially head-to-toe Volcom this winter. Which is good for the V.Co. and probably doesn’t matter to the B.Co. But yeah, it’s time we start thinking about winter on these 90degree days.
I also got some press release from DC regarding the Xgames, but that one just went directly into my trash.
Got loose with the Goose
Monday, August 2nd, 2010You’re probably gonna want to know how it when down. It was like this, Goosefeather (aka The Spaceplow, aka G, aka Grundy van Grundy) and I planning on doing a brunch yesterday, because we needed an excuse to have booze before noon. So, we hit my go-to place. Roots.
The typical Roots experience is great food, really banger service, and over-priced drinks. This time, the only thing we got were the over-priced drinks. We rolled up and were immediately told that the wait would be 45 minutes for a table outside. So we waited, because the view is better outside, and frankly eating brunch indoors is for poor people.
We hit the basement bar and scored up a couple drinks. $12 after tip. These were bottled beers, mind you. Finally we get seated, outdoors at the only table without a bumbershoot-eh-eh-eh. So the sun’s oppressing us, keeping our people down. We’re sweating it and just running our mouths about how the suburbs are completely garbage. Finally Late-waiter brings our waters, we place drink orders and he walks away. Leaving a trail of grease, like some shitbag-hipster-slug.
It’s at this point Goose starts telling me that people need to be warned about living in the suburbs. The truth is a few years ago Dude was thinking “I’m a grown-up. I need a house.” So he bought this joint in Wawawawautosa. For those of you who don’t know the geography of southeast Wisconsin, WaWa is barely a suburb. It seems more like the left side of the city. It’s not like Agrestic, but you’re certainly not in the city proper either. Now Goose is just bitter about owning a home and hates having to be there. He wants us all to take warning: Suburbs are pure garbage.
Finally the food had arrived. This was good as I could already feel the skin cancer developing and I know my farer-skinned friend was in even more basal-cell danger. The food was certainly not hot, so we didn’t have to wait to eat it. I’ll repeat that: Our food, that was supposed to be warm, was cooler than the air. Funny thing was that two more of the same drinks we had at the bar cost more at the table.
Eventually we were out of there.
From there we made a bunch of jokes about the car with the condensation in the headlights being parked in the jungle. He had monkeys in his car too. And a python in the trunk. KRAZED.
We roll to Goose’s suburban home, look at his computers and then watched some movie that may or may not have been good. I also took the time to document how much he hates being at his some. Lookedis:
Still better than the brunch at roots.
Friday, Prog
Friday, July 30th, 2010I cannot stop listening to this as of late.
I only wish I could find the full 12 min, 55 sec to deliver to you.
Best compact disco I’ve ever had burned for me by Xine, lost and found years later in my broder’s collection.
Enjoy it.
Trivia Recap
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Damn good showing last night. Thanks to everyone who came out. All 60+ of you.
Here’s the run down.
Famous Nicknames
1. Who was known as Old’ Blue Eyes?
2. Who was known as “the Velvet Fog?”
3. Who was known as “Sweetness?”
4. What famous musician was born David Howell Evans?
5. What was Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr. better known as?
Booze
6. What is the official spirit of the United States?
7. How does a Gibson differ from a traditional martini?
8. Kirschwasser, a traditional German brandy, is made from what fruit?
9. What multi-purpose kitchen staple is a byproduct of winemaking, found on the inside of casks used to age wine and occasionally on the underside of the cork?
10. Which two US states did not ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established prohibition?
Cheese
11. What is the most popular cheese in the world?
12. In traditional cheese making, what enzyme is added to raw milk to begin the curding process?
13. Prosciutto di Parma traditionally comes from hogs fed the whey left over from the production of what cheese?
14. Comte and Beauford are French varieties of what Swiss cheese?
15. Explorateur, a French, triple-creme brie was produced in the 1950s to celebrate what event?
Current Events
16. Name the three most prominent candidates for Wisconsin’s upcoming gubernatorial election.
17. What Brewers pitcher was credited with a win on July 19th, his first since May 7, 2007?
18. The United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague recently ruled that the what country’s 2008 declaration of independence was legal?
19. Venezuela recently severed diplomatic ties with Colombia over disputes concerning the location of camps of what Colombian rebel group?
20. What brewery recently released “The End of History,” a 110-proof beer whose bottles are packaged in the skins of dead animals?
Cars
21. Visual
22. What license plate was on the 1959 Chevrolet Miller-Meteor ambulance driven by The Ghostbusters?
23. In March 2008 the Ford Motor Company sold Jaguar and Land Rover to what Asian motor company?
24. What make and model of car was James Dean driving when he had his fatal accident?
25. Name the 2 crash test dummies popularized in 1980s PSAs produced by the NHSA?
Academy Awards Winners
26. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the award for Best Director for her work on what film?
27. Cabaret holds the record for most awards won by a movie without winning Best Picture with eight in 1972. What movie beat it for Best Picture?
28. Who has won more Academy Awards for acting than any one else?
29. In 2003, Adrien Brody became the youngest man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in what film?
30. Who has won more Academy Awards for Best Director than any other?
Wild Card
31.What band’s fans are known as Juggalos?
32. What is the parent company of the brands Louis Vuitton, Moet and Hennessy?
33. Who recorded more than 180 videos over 2 days in July 2010 for the Old Spice’s “Smell Like a Man” campaign?
34. What no-handed maneuver is Alan Gelfand credited with inventing in 1977?
35. In what 1980s TV series was the central character named Stringfellow Hawke?
Slogans
36. “Don’t Be Evil” is the informal corporate slogan of what company?
37. What airline has used the slogan “More experience than the name suggests?”
38. Who uses the slogan “Born from jets?”
39. What brand uses the slogan “For Successful Living?”
40. What Ivy League college uses the motto “Vox Clamantis in Deserto,” meaning “the voice of one crying in the wilderness?”
Trees
41. What are Vermonsters on the lookout for when hunting Acer Saccharum?
42. Visual
43. The forests of Northern Wisconsin, with large numbers of conifers such as pine and fir as well as the deciduous aspen and birch are classified as what kind of forest?
44. Also known as the maidenhair tree, what species is notable not only for being the only in its genus, but also its incredibly slow rate of evolution, being recognizably related to fossils dating back 270 million years?
45. What is the common name for trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus?
Awards and Prizes
46. Visual
47. The Lamar Hunt and George Halas trophies are given out during the playoffs of what professional sports league?
48. What award is named for the inventor of dynamite who established the award to leave a better legacy after his death?
49. SpaceShipOne, Produced by the first non-governmental organization to launch a reusable, manned spacecraft into space twice in two weeks, won what prize?
50. What is the collective name of the 10 awards given out each October by the Annals of Improbable Research, for “achievements that first make people laugh, then make then make them think?”
Questions 51 – 60 were visual and audio questions, so you just get the answer. And can make up your own questions.
51. Farfelle
52. Rihanna’s Five Head
53. The Dying Gaul
54. Iolani Palace
55. Zedonk
56. The Ramones—Blitzkrieg Bop
57. Arrested Development—Mr Wendal
58. Joy Division—Digital
59. Fugazi—Waiting Room
60. Talking Heads—Flowers
It happens every week. 8pm at the Red Dot in Milwaukee. True fools are always there.
Deluge
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010So this happened a couple blocks from the estate tonight:
This can only mean one thing—The Religious Right was right. God hates homosexuals.
Seriously though, it was raining like a bastard here.