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The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 5:01 am
by Pastor Fireball
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the WWTBAM Bored...
Yes, I had to drive through Gastonia on my way back from Charlotte on Saturday. No, I didn't drive around Gastonia to try to find the WGAS transmission tower.
But let's get back to business.
"Make the Connection"
In case you've forgotten, I want to know specifically what the four things in each question have in common. 2 points for each correct connection.
Answers are due by Tuesday 5/20 at 4 PM EDT.
1. BILLY KWAN / ROCKET J. SQUIRREL / BART SIMPSON / ALBERT NOBBS
2. LENINGRAD / A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE / HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH / ALL BY MYSELF
3. ROSEODENDRON / BARCELONA MUSIC FESTIVAL / ITALIAN SPRING / VEGETABLES ON PASTA
4. 103 / 1435 / 4712 / 5774
5. JOSEPH MCCARTHY / DAVID NIVEN / TAYLOR SWIFT / RAIDERS & JETS
6. PORTSMOUTH POINT / MALUKU / ZANZIBAR / GRENADA
7. JASON BOURNE / GERALD MCRANEY / RIVER / GREEK ALPHABET
8. CRUISE / MANSION / WIDEN / READ
9. WINEY WINE / ALLERGY CLUSTERS / FLAVONNAISE / CARPET: THE MUSICAL
10. APOLINÈRE ENAMELED / BLIVET / PENROSE STAIRS / KLEIN BOTTLE
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 6:30 am
by smilergrogan
Pastor Fireball wrote:
1. BILLY KWAN / ROCKET J. SQUIRREL / BART SIMPSON / ALBERT NOBBS
Male characters voiced by females
2. LENINGRAD / A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE / HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH / ALL BY MYSELF
3. ROSEODENDRON / BARCELONA MUSIC FESTIVAL / ITALIAN SPRING / VEGETABLES ON PASTA
4. 103 / 1435 / 4712 / 5774
5. JOSEPH MCCARTHY / DAVID NIVEN / TAYLOR SWIFT / RAIDERS & JETS
Things that were famously interrupted?
6. PORTSMOUTH POINT / MALUKU / ZANZIBAR / GRENADA
7. JASON BOURNE / GERALD MCRANEY / RIVER / GREEK ALPHABET
Associated with deltas
8. CRUISE / MANSION / WIDEN / READ
Words that are homophones of current U.S. Senators' last names
9. WINEY WINE / ALLERGY CLUSTERS / FLAVONNAISE / CARPET: THE MUSICAL
10. APOLINÈRE ENAMELED / BLIVET / PENROSE STAIRS / KLEIN BOTTLE
Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 6:43 am
by Bob Juch
1. portrayed by female actors
2. pop songs based on classical music
3. primavera
4. 2014 on different cultures' calendars
5. ?
6. spice islands
7. ?
8. ?
9. You Don't Know Jack ads
10. I think you want "impossible shapes" but a Klein Bottle is a real thing.
Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 7:10 am
by franktangredi
1. BILLY KWAN / ROCKET J. SQUIRREL / BART SIMPSON / ALBERT NOBBS
Male characters played by women. (Nobbs is borderline; the actual character as played by Glenn Close was not actually a man, but within the film it was a man impersonated by a woman.)
2. LENINGRAD / A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE / HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH / ALL BY MYSELF
Pop hits whose melodies were based on classical music themes.
3. ROSEODENDRON / BARCELONA MUSIC FESTIVAL / ITALIAN SPRING / VEGETABLES ON PASTA
Primavera
Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 7:18 am
by ShamelessWeasel
I aint got much today
1. Woman playing a male role
Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 12:02 pm
by jarnon
3. primavera
4. this year in the North Korean / Muslim / Chinese / Hebrew calendar
Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 12:26 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
1. BILLY KWAN / ROCKET J. SQUIRREL / BART SIMPSON / ALBERT NOBBS
Male roles voiced or played by women
2. LENINGRAD / A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE / HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH / ALL BY MYSELF
ear wigs
3. ROSEODENDRON / BARCELONA MUSIC FESTIVAL / ITALIAN SPRING / VEGETABLES ON PASTA
Potato Chip Flavors 
4. 103 / 1435 / 4712 / 5774
2014 CE in other calendars
5. JOSEPH MCCARTHY / DAVID NIVEN / TAYLOR SWIFT / RAIDERS & JETS
6. PORTSMOUTH POINT / MALUKU / ZANZIBAR / GRENADA
7. JASON BOURNE / GERALD MCRANEY / RIVER / GREEK ALPHABET
8. CRUISE / MANSION / WIDEN / READ
9. WINEY WINE / ALLERGY CLUSTERS / FLAVONNAISE / CARPET: THE MUSICAL
10. APOLINÈRE ENAMELED / BLIVET / PENROSE STAIRS / KLEIN BOTTLE
Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 4:13 pm
by kroxquo
1. BILLY KWAN / ROCKET J. SQUIRREL / BART SIMPSON / ALBERT NOBBS All are voiced by women
2. LENINGRAD / A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE / HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH / ALL BY MYSELF
3. ROSEODENDRON / BARCELONA MUSIC FESTIVAL / ITALIAN SPRING / VEGETABLES ON PASTA
4. 103 / 1435 / 4712 / 5774
5. JOSEPH MCCARTHY / DAVID NIVEN / TAYLOR SWIFT / RAIDERS & JETS
6. PORTSMOUTH POINT / MALUKU / ZANZIBAR / GRENADA
7. JASON BOURNE / GERALD MCRANEY / RIVER / GREEK ALPHABET
8. CRUISE / MANSION / WIDEN / READ
9. WINEY WINE / ALLERGY CLUSTERS / FLAVONNAISE / CARPET: THE MUSICAL
10. APOLINÈRE ENAMELED / BLIVET / PENROSE STAIRS / KLEIN BOTTLE
Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 6, Monday
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 5:31 pm
by Pastor Fireball
1. BILLY KWAN / ROCKET J. SQUIRREL / BART SIMPSON / ALBERT NOBBS
Male roles played by female actors. Billy Kwan was the man played by Oscar winner Linda Hunt in "The Year of Living Dangerously".
2. LENINGRAD / A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE / HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH / ALL BY MYSELF
Pop songs based on classical music pieces. "All by Myself" was the giveaway on that one. I think most people know that Eric Carmen based his biggest hit off of a Rachmaninoff piano concerto.
3. ROSEODENDRON / BARCELONA MUSIC FESTIVAL / ITALIAN SPRING / VEGETABLES ON PASTA
Primavera.
4. 103 / 1435 / 4712 / 5774
The current year in non-Christian calendars. Juche/North Korean, Islamic, Chinese, and Hebrew years.
5. JOSEPH MCCARTHY / DAVID NIVEN / TAYLOR SWIFT / RAIDERS & JETS
People who were interrupted on live TV. McCarthy was interrupted by Joseph Welch, Niven was interrupted by a streaker at the Oscars, Swift was interrupted by Kanye West at the MTV VMAs, and the Raiders & Jets were interrupted by "Heidi".
6. PORTSMOUTH POINT / MALUKU / ZANZIBAR / GRENADA
They all were once called "Spice Islands".
7. JASON BOURNE / GERALD MCRANEY / RIVER / GREEK ALPHABET
Delta.
8. CRUISE / MANSION / WIDEN / READ
I thought this one would be a site-wide stumper, but smiler nailed it. They're all homophones of current U.S. senators. Ted Cruz, Joe Manchin, Ron Wyden, and Harry Reid.
9. WINEY WINE / ALLERGY CLUSTERS / FLAVONNAISE / CARPET: THE MUSICAL
Fictional sponsors of the computer game "You Don't Know Jack".
10. APOLINÈRE ENAMELED / BLIVET / PENROSE STAIRS / KLEIN BOTTLE
Impossible objects and shapes. You probably know the blivet better as the impossible three-pronged fork.
5/19 Scores (7 participants)
Bob Juch - 14
smilergrogan - 8
franktangredi - 6
jarnon - 4
themanintheseersuckersuit - 4
kroxquo - 2
ShamelessWeasel - 2