Ren Peir
Brooklyn, NY
Ren is a marketing manager
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As Canada is still part of the Commonwealth, upon request its government will mail any Canadian a free photo of what famous Brit?
A: Benedict Cumberbatch B: Scary Spice
C: Gordon Ramsay D: Queen Elizabeth II
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In critiquing a writer's work, author F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have told them: "Cut out all these" what, because they're "like laughing at your own joke"?
A: Exclamation points B: Verbs
C: Italian words D: Emojis
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Experienced by 70% of the population, hypnagogic jerks are the alarming spasms that happen when you're in bed trying to do what?
A: Finish a crossword puzzle B: Find the TV remote
C: Say your prayers D: Fall asleep
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Named in Eater.com's article on 2017 food trends, what turnover with meat, vegetables or fruit gets its name from the Spanish for "to cover in bread"?
A: Burrito B: Empanada
C: Tostada D: Enchilada
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When Nicki Minaj raps about her desire for a man who made "...more money last year than Mr. Drummond," she likely means Philip Drummond, who is what?
A: The CEO of General Motors B: Owner of the New York Knicks
C: The dad from "Diff'rent Strokes" D: Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
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Said to look "like gray and brown had a baby," what "new direction" in "beautiful neutrals" did Sherwin-Williams pick as its 2017 Color of the Year?
A: Indulgent Puce B: Breezy Vermilion
C: Audacious Chartreuse D: Poised Taupe
Ren knows that
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$10,000QotD wrote: Standing majestically in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty faces in what direction?
A: Northeast B: Southeast
C: Southwest D: Northwest
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B: Southeast
In 1971, a memorial to Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger B. Chaffee, Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov was left where?
A: At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean B: In the Sahara Desert
C: On the moon D: At the North Pole
Ren thinks Yuri Gagarin sounds familiar.
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Ren thinks both options are pretty rude—it's like littering.
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The horn
Ren will return on Friday