Word of the Week
SCABROUS
Pronunciation: \ˈskah-bruhs also ˈskay-\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin scabr-, scaber rough, scurfy; akin to Latin scabere to scratch
Date: 1646
1: difficult , knotty
2: rough to the touch: as a: having small raised dots, scales, or points b: covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches
3: dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes : salacious ; also : squalid
Interesting Fact
Lightning may be Mother Nature’s greatest show on Earth, but scientists now know it can produce significant amounts of ozone and other gases that affect air chemistry. Researcher Renyi Zhang of Texas A&M University helped lead a study on the impact of lightning, and the results are surprising: Lightning can be responsible for as much as 90 percent of the nitrogen oxides in the summer and at the same time increase ozone levels as much as 30 percent in the free troposphere, the area that extends 3-8 miles above the Earth’s surface. The amount of ozone and nitrogen oxides that lightning creates is greater than those created by human activities in that level of the atmosphere, the study shows. "The largest source of nitrogen oxides over the U.S. is the burning of fossil fuels, but such a small emission by lightning plays a huge role in influencing regional air chemistry. The reason is that nitrogen oxides from fossil fuels burning is released close to the Earth’s surface and is consumed rapidly by chemical reactions before being transported upward. But lightning directly releases nitrogen oxides throughout the entire troposphere, or as high as eight miles," Zhang adds. In addition, Zhang says there is strong evidence that urban air pollution may contribute to more lightning, creating more ozone over the United States. Zhang says nitrogen oxides can lead to the formation of ozone and smog, and these can greatly increase chemical reactions in the atmosphere. Ozone can also affect chemical activities in the atmosphere and even affect climate changes around the world by acting as a greenhouse gas.
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What morning malady do Outer Mongolians cure by chugging a pickled sheep’s eye in tomato juice?
Entertainment:
Who did Holly Hunter portray in the TV movie When Billy Beat Bobby?
News:
What vice-presidential candidate noted in a 1985 book: “Even after three years in Congress, I could not get a VISA card”?
Written Word:
What beachside balladeer penned the 1998 number-one memoir A Pirate Looks at Fifty?
Life and Science:
What European city got to play an eight-story-tall game of Pong, thanks to the Chaos Computer Club’s Blinkenlights display, in 2001?
Games and Sports:
What did Steve Williams lug for seven miles most days in 2000, to earn a reported $880,000?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What animal is central to diet and culture for the Gwich’in, the northernmost Native Americans in the U.S.? caribou
Entertainment:
What Rick Moranis movie came within a hair of being titled Teeny Weenies? Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
News:
What religious group spent five million hours digitizing data on immigrants who passed through New York City from 1892 to 1924? Mormons
Written Word:
What Mad magazine cartoonist “vroomed” around with a license plate reading, “Shtoink”? Don Martin
Life and Science:
Where did a Swedish study indicate one should insert acupuncture needles to prevent morning sickness – the earlobe, forearm or lower back? forearm
Games and Sports:
What NBA team stumbled to a 15-67 record in 1999 – 2000, the same season the Lakers went 67-15? Los Angeles Clippers
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Word of the Week - 9-22-2008
Word of the Week
SINECURE
Pronunciation: \ˈseye-nih-ˌkyuhr\
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin sine cura without cure (of souls)
Date: 1662
1archaic : an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls
2: an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
Interesting Fact
The Monarch butterfly is known by scientists as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means "sleepy transformation." The name, which evokes the species' ability to hibernate and metamorphize, is actually inspired by the Greek myth of Danaus, in which the daughters of Danaus, king of Libya, flee Libya for Greece in order to avoid marrying their cousins. The long, migratory journey of the Monarch butterflies is reminiscent of the daughters' flight.
Each adult butterfly lives only about four to five weeks. But one of the many wonders of the Monarchs is the annual creation of a unique "Methuselah generation." As autumn approaches in their sites of migratory origin, a very special generation of butterflies is born. Unlike their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents -- all of whom had ephemeral lives measured only in weeks -- these migratory butterflies survive seven or eight months. In human terms, given our average life span of 75 years, this would be like having children who lived to be 525 years old! This generation performs the incredible feat of flying from Canada and the United States to the center of Mexico -- after which they begin the northward journey again. Once they reach the United States, a kind of relay race begins: their short-lived offspring, with only four or five weeks to live, continue making the trek northward over several generations.
Of all migrations by small creatures, few are as astonishing as the one performed by the Monarch butterfly. These insects travel between 1,200 and 2,800 miles or more between their starting and ending points. What is even more remarkable is that the ones that return to the places where Monarchs hibernate have never been there before. These are the great-great-great-grandchildren of those that performed the journey from southeast Canada and the United States to central Mexico.
The migration moves at a pace of about almost 50 miles a day, though there are some butterflies that have flown up to 80 miles in a day. At the end of October and the beginning of November, after traveling two months, the butterflies settle into hibernation colonies in the mountains of central Mexico, where the States of Mexico and Michoacan meet. There they will spend the winter hibernating. From mid-November until mid-February, the Monarchs' hibernation colonies remain relatively stable. During the second half of February, when temperatures rise and humidity decreases in the forests, the butterflies come down from the slopes to mate. And the butterflies that survive the hibernation in Mexico return in the spring to the southern United States.
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What animal is central to diet and culture for the Gwich’in, the northernmost Native Americans in the U.S.?
Entertainment:
What Rick Moranis movie came within a hair of being titled Teeny Weenies?
News:
What religious group spent five million hours digitizing data on immigrants who passed through New York City from 1892 to 1924?
Written Word:
What Mad magazine cartoonist “vroomed” around with a license plate reading, “Shtoink”?
Life and Science:
Where did a Swedish study indicate one should insert acupuncture needles to prevent morning sickness – the earlobe, forearm or lower back?
Games and Sports:
What NBA team stumbled to a 15-67 record in 1999 – 2000, the same season the Lakers went 67-15?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What U.S. candy is popular in Australia, despite being sold in flavors called “Musk” and “Thirst”? Life Savers
Entertainment:
What TV clown slipped off his size 83-AAA shoes for the last time, in 2001? Bozo
News:
What former JFK aide found himself back in the news when he unwittingly passed off an Internet hoax as the real thing, in 1996? Pierre Salinger
Written Word:
What name did DC Comics’ Prince Uxas adopt when he killed his brother to rule Apokalips? Darkseid
Life and Science:
What concept did novelist William Gibson seek to clarify by noting: “It’s not really a place, it’s not really space. It’s notional space”? cyberspace
Games and Sports:
Who gave Byron Russell a little shove to free himself for the last shot of 1998’s NBA Finals? Michael Jordan
SINECURE
Pronunciation: \ˈseye-nih-ˌkyuhr\
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin sine cura without cure (of souls)
Date: 1662
1archaic : an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls
2: an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
Interesting Fact
The Monarch butterfly is known by scientists as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means "sleepy transformation." The name, which evokes the species' ability to hibernate and metamorphize, is actually inspired by the Greek myth of Danaus, in which the daughters of Danaus, king of Libya, flee Libya for Greece in order to avoid marrying their cousins. The long, migratory journey of the Monarch butterflies is reminiscent of the daughters' flight.
Each adult butterfly lives only about four to five weeks. But one of the many wonders of the Monarchs is the annual creation of a unique "Methuselah generation." As autumn approaches in their sites of migratory origin, a very special generation of butterflies is born. Unlike their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents -- all of whom had ephemeral lives measured only in weeks -- these migratory butterflies survive seven or eight months. In human terms, given our average life span of 75 years, this would be like having children who lived to be 525 years old! This generation performs the incredible feat of flying from Canada and the United States to the center of Mexico -- after which they begin the northward journey again. Once they reach the United States, a kind of relay race begins: their short-lived offspring, with only four or five weeks to live, continue making the trek northward over several generations.
Of all migrations by small creatures, few are as astonishing as the one performed by the Monarch butterfly. These insects travel between 1,200 and 2,800 miles or more between their starting and ending points. What is even more remarkable is that the ones that return to the places where Monarchs hibernate have never been there before. These are the great-great-great-grandchildren of those that performed the journey from southeast Canada and the United States to central Mexico.
The migration moves at a pace of about almost 50 miles a day, though there are some butterflies that have flown up to 80 miles in a day. At the end of October and the beginning of November, after traveling two months, the butterflies settle into hibernation colonies in the mountains of central Mexico, where the States of Mexico and Michoacan meet. There they will spend the winter hibernating. From mid-November until mid-February, the Monarchs' hibernation colonies remain relatively stable. During the second half of February, when temperatures rise and humidity decreases in the forests, the butterflies come down from the slopes to mate. And the butterflies that survive the hibernation in Mexico return in the spring to the southern United States.
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What animal is central to diet and culture for the Gwich’in, the northernmost Native Americans in the U.S.?
Entertainment:
What Rick Moranis movie came within a hair of being titled Teeny Weenies?
News:
What religious group spent five million hours digitizing data on immigrants who passed through New York City from 1892 to 1924?
Written Word:
What Mad magazine cartoonist “vroomed” around with a license plate reading, “Shtoink”?
Life and Science:
Where did a Swedish study indicate one should insert acupuncture needles to prevent morning sickness – the earlobe, forearm or lower back?
Games and Sports:
What NBA team stumbled to a 15-67 record in 1999 – 2000, the same season the Lakers went 67-15?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What U.S. candy is popular in Australia, despite being sold in flavors called “Musk” and “Thirst”? Life Savers
Entertainment:
What TV clown slipped off his size 83-AAA shoes for the last time, in 2001? Bozo
News:
What former JFK aide found himself back in the news when he unwittingly passed off an Internet hoax as the real thing, in 1996? Pierre Salinger
Written Word:
What name did DC Comics’ Prince Uxas adopt when he killed his brother to rule Apokalips? Darkseid
Life and Science:
What concept did novelist William Gibson seek to clarify by noting: “It’s not really a place, it’s not really space. It’s notional space”? cyberspace
Games and Sports:
Who gave Byron Russell a little shove to free himself for the last shot of 1998’s NBA Finals? Michael Jordan
Monday, September 15, 2008
Word of the Week - 9-15-2008
Word of the Week
IRRESOLUTE
Pronunciation: \i-ˈre-zə-ˌlüt, ˌi(r)-, -lət\
Function: adjective
Date: 1579
: uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating
Interesting Fact
Robert (Bob) Propst was the inventor of the Action Office which evolved into the cubicle office furniture system.
Robert Propst was from Colorado and worked for Herman Miller (Research) in Zeeland, Michigan. Propst's work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Henry Ford Museum. When Bob Propst designed the "Action Office," he never in his worst dreams believed that the much criticized "cubicle" would be the result of work. In fact, Propst's own research into developing the action office philosophically was against the cubicle in every way. That is to say, the Action office was designed to promote productivity, privacy, and health (they attempted to increase blood flow) at the expense of some inefficient use of space. Cubicles, meanwhile, are designed to maximize efficient use of space at the expense of all else.
The reason the extremely efficient "cubicle" came into vogue was because the moveable wall design of the "Action Office" saved money in construction and development costs. Therefore, the "Action Office" materials were redesigned to pack in as many employees as possible into an office space. This vision was absolutely contrary to Propst's intentions, and he stated that the success of the cubicle was a "monolithic insanity."
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What U.S. candy is popular in Australia, despite being sold in flavors called “Musk” and “Thirst”?
Entertainment:
What TV clown slipped off his size 83-AAA shoes for the last time, in 2001?
News:
What former JFK aide found himself back in the news when he unwittingly passed off an Internet hoax as the real thing, in 1996?
Written Word:
What name did DC Comics’ Prince Uxas adopt when he killed his brother to rule Apokalips?
Life and Science:
What concept did novelist William Gibson seek to clarify by noting: “It’s not really a place, it’s not really space. It’s notional space”?
Games and Sports:
Who gave Byron Russell a little shove to free himself for the last shot of 1998’s NBA Finals?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What South American nation produced a Miss Universe or Miss World eight times from 1976 to 2001? Venezuela
Entertainment:
What movie introduced film buffs to the line: “I crap bigger than you”? City Slickers
News:
What religious leader sighed: “Sometimes in dream I have violence or am meeting women. Then in dream I remember, I am monk”? The Dalai Lama
Written Word:
What standup comic managed to squeeze Brain Droppings onto bestsellers lists in 1998? George Carlin
Life and Science:
What did Duke researchers claim was at least as effective as Zoloft in fighting depression – chicken soup, exercise or singles bars? exercise
Games and Sports:
What gold medal Olympic skier nearly lost a leg in a motorcycle mishap in Radstadt, Austria? Hermann Maier
IRRESOLUTE
Pronunciation: \i-ˈre-zə-ˌlüt, ˌi(r)-, -lət\
Function: adjective
Date: 1579
: uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating
Interesting Fact
Robert (Bob) Propst was the inventor of the Action Office which evolved into the cubicle office furniture system.
Robert Propst was from Colorado and worked for Herman Miller (Research) in Zeeland, Michigan. Propst's work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Henry Ford Museum. When Bob Propst designed the "Action Office," he never in his worst dreams believed that the much criticized "cubicle" would be the result of work. In fact, Propst's own research into developing the action office philosophically was against the cubicle in every way. That is to say, the Action office was designed to promote productivity, privacy, and health (they attempted to increase blood flow) at the expense of some inefficient use of space. Cubicles, meanwhile, are designed to maximize efficient use of space at the expense of all else.
The reason the extremely efficient "cubicle" came into vogue was because the moveable wall design of the "Action Office" saved money in construction and development costs. Therefore, the "Action Office" materials were redesigned to pack in as many employees as possible into an office space. This vision was absolutely contrary to Propst's intentions, and he stated that the success of the cubicle was a "monolithic insanity."
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What U.S. candy is popular in Australia, despite being sold in flavors called “Musk” and “Thirst”?
Entertainment:
What TV clown slipped off his size 83-AAA shoes for the last time, in 2001?
News:
What former JFK aide found himself back in the news when he unwittingly passed off an Internet hoax as the real thing, in 1996?
Written Word:
What name did DC Comics’ Prince Uxas adopt when he killed his brother to rule Apokalips?
Life and Science:
What concept did novelist William Gibson seek to clarify by noting: “It’s not really a place, it’s not really space. It’s notional space”?
Games and Sports:
Who gave Byron Russell a little shove to free himself for the last shot of 1998’s NBA Finals?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What South American nation produced a Miss Universe or Miss World eight times from 1976 to 2001? Venezuela
Entertainment:
What movie introduced film buffs to the line: “I crap bigger than you”? City Slickers
News:
What religious leader sighed: “Sometimes in dream I have violence or am meeting women. Then in dream I remember, I am monk”? The Dalai Lama
Written Word:
What standup comic managed to squeeze Brain Droppings onto bestsellers lists in 1998? George Carlin
Life and Science:
What did Duke researchers claim was at least as effective as Zoloft in fighting depression – chicken soup, exercise or singles bars? exercise
Games and Sports:
What gold medal Olympic skier nearly lost a leg in a motorcycle mishap in Radstadt, Austria? Hermann Maier
Monday, September 8, 2008
Word of the Week - 9-8-2008
Word of the Week
BABBLE
Pronunciation: \ˈbah-buhl\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English babelen, probably of imitative origin
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb
1 a: to talk enthusiastically or excessively b: to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds
2: to make sounds as though babbling
transitive verb
1: to utter in an incoherently or meaninglessly repetitious manner
2: to reveal by talk that is too free
Interesting Fact
The Fresh Kills Landfill on the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States, was formerly the largest landfill in the world, at 2200 acres (890 hectares), and was New York City's principal landfill in the second half of the 20th century. The name "Fresh Kills" refers to its location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island.
Opened in 1948, it became one of the largest refuse heaps in human history. The site is 12 square km (4.6 square miles) in area; and when operational twenty barges, each carrying 650 tons of garbage, were shipped in every day. It could be regarded as being the largest man-made structure on Earth, with the site's volume eventually exceeding the Great Wall of China. In fact in 2001 its peak was 25 meters taller than the Statue of Liberty. Under local pressure and with support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the landfill site was closed on March 22, 2001. However, after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the landfill was temporarily reopened in order to receive and process much of the debris from the destruction. The debris was later removed into various locations, including museums and steel mills. The site is now planned to be a city park.
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What South American nation produced a Miss Universe or Miss World eight times from 1976 to 2001?
Entertainment:
What movie introduced film buffs to the line: “I crap bigger than you”?
News:
What religious leader sighed: “Sometimes in dream I have violence or am meeting women. Then in dream I remember, I am monk”?
Written Word:
What standup comic managed to squeeze Brain Droppings onto bestsellers lists in 1998?
Life and Science:
What did Duke researchers claim was at least as effective as Zoloft in fighting depression – chicken soup, exercise or singles bars?
Games and Sports:
What gold medal Olympic skier nearly lost a leg in a motorcycle mishap in Radstadt, Austria?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What nation has four times as many Presbyterians as the U.S. – Australia, Russia, or South Korea? South Korea
Entertainment:
Who said of his TV fame: “To this day, people will call me Dan Arnold? John Goodman
News:
What Ohio city’s homicide rate inspired a local radio station to offer the 100th shooting victim of 2001 a shiny new coffin? Cincinnati
Written Word:
What “Magazine for Your Me Years” selfishly closed up shop in 2001, after six decades? Mademoiselle
Life and Science:
Where can Rokon’s hefty Trail-Breaker motorbike store an additional 4.5 gallons of fuel – in the frame, in the seat, or in the wheels? In the wheels
Games and Sports:
What sport’s first Olympic giant slalom champ was a smokin’ Canadian called Ross Rebagliati? snowboarding
BABBLE
Pronunciation: \ˈbah-buhl\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English babelen, probably of imitative origin
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb
1 a: to talk enthusiastically or excessively b: to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds
2: to make sounds as though babbling
transitive verb
1: to utter in an incoherently or meaninglessly repetitious manner
2: to reveal by talk that is too free
Interesting Fact
The Fresh Kills Landfill on the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States, was formerly the largest landfill in the world, at 2200 acres (890 hectares), and was New York City's principal landfill in the second half of the 20th century. The name "Fresh Kills" refers to its location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island.
Opened in 1948, it became one of the largest refuse heaps in human history. The site is 12 square km (4.6 square miles) in area; and when operational twenty barges, each carrying 650 tons of garbage, were shipped in every day. It could be regarded as being the largest man-made structure on Earth, with the site's volume eventually exceeding the Great Wall of China. In fact in 2001 its peak was 25 meters taller than the Statue of Liberty. Under local pressure and with support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the landfill site was closed on March 22, 2001. However, after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the landfill was temporarily reopened in order to receive and process much of the debris from the destruction. The debris was later removed into various locations, including museums and steel mills. The site is now planned to be a city park.
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What South American nation produced a Miss Universe or Miss World eight times from 1976 to 2001?
Entertainment:
What movie introduced film buffs to the line: “I crap bigger than you”?
News:
What religious leader sighed: “Sometimes in dream I have violence or am meeting women. Then in dream I remember, I am monk”?
Written Word:
What standup comic managed to squeeze Brain Droppings onto bestsellers lists in 1998?
Life and Science:
What did Duke researchers claim was at least as effective as Zoloft in fighting depression – chicken soup, exercise or singles bars?
Games and Sports:
What gold medal Olympic skier nearly lost a leg in a motorcycle mishap in Radstadt, Austria?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What nation has four times as many Presbyterians as the U.S. – Australia, Russia, or South Korea? South Korea
Entertainment:
Who said of his TV fame: “To this day, people will call me Dan Arnold? John Goodman
News:
What Ohio city’s homicide rate inspired a local radio station to offer the 100th shooting victim of 2001 a shiny new coffin? Cincinnati
Written Word:
What “Magazine for Your Me Years” selfishly closed up shop in 2001, after six decades? Mademoiselle
Life and Science:
Where can Rokon’s hefty Trail-Breaker motorbike store an additional 4.5 gallons of fuel – in the frame, in the seat, or in the wheels? In the wheels
Games and Sports:
What sport’s first Olympic giant slalom champ was a smokin’ Canadian called Ross Rebagliati? snowboarding
Monday, September 1, 2008
Word of the Week - 9-1-2008
Word of the Week
STREW
Pronunciation: \ˈstroo\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): strewed; strewed or strewn \ˈstrün\; strew·ing
Etymology: Middle English strewen, strowen, from Old English strewian, strēowian; akin to Old High German strewen to strew, Latin struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Greek stornynai
Date: before 12th century
1 : to spread by scattering
2 : to cover by or as if by scattering something
3 : to become dispersed over as if scattered
4 : to spread abroad : disseminate
Interesting Fact
Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, is the capital and largest urban area of Thailand. The Thai people have not called this city Bangkok for over 200 years.
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What nation has four times as many Presbyterians as the U.S. – Australia, Russia, or South Korea?
Entertainment:
Who said of his TV fame: “To this day, people will call me Dan Arnold?
News:
What Ohio city’s homicide rate inspired a local radio station to offer the 100th shooting victim of 2001 a shiny new coffin?
Written Word:
What “Magazine for Your Me Years” selfishly closed up shop in 2001, after six decades?
Life and Science:
Where can Rokon’s hefty Trail-Breaker motorbike store an additional 4.5 gallons of fuel – in the frame, in the seat, or in the wheels?
Games and Sports:
What sport’s first Olympic giant slalom champ was a smokin’ Canadian called Ross Rebagliati?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What city erected a life-sized statue of sitcom character Mary Richards tossing her hat, in 2001? Minneapolis
Entertainment:
What British superstar crooned a 45-minute set at Pete Sampras’ wedding? Elton John
News:
What outfit withdrew a line of basketball shoes after complaints that their logo resembled the word “Allah” in Arabic script? Nike
Written Word:
What magazine made Capitalist Tool fortune cookies – Forbes, Fortune or Money? Forbes
Life and Science:
What nation’s paleontologists discovered the largest dinosaur footprint ever seen, next to massive deposits of dinosaur dung, in 2001? China
Games and Sports:
What nickname did Jamil Blackmon claim he’d coined for a 76ers superstar, in a 2001 lawsuit? The Answer
STREW
Pronunciation: \ˈstroo\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): strewed; strewed or strewn \ˈstrün\; strew·ing
Etymology: Middle English strewen, strowen, from Old English strewian, strēowian; akin to Old High German strewen to strew, Latin struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Greek stornynai
Date: before 12th century
1 : to spread by scattering
2 : to cover by or as if by scattering something
3 : to become dispersed over as if scattered
4 : to spread abroad : disseminate
Interesting Fact
Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, is the capital and largest urban area of Thailand. The Thai people have not called this city Bangkok for over 200 years.
Trivial Pursuit
Here are this week’s questions:
Global View (Geography):
What nation has four times as many Presbyterians as the U.S. – Australia, Russia, or South Korea?
Entertainment:
Who said of his TV fame: “To this day, people will call me Dan Arnold?
News:
What Ohio city’s homicide rate inspired a local radio station to offer the 100th shooting victim of 2001 a shiny new coffin?
Written Word:
What “Magazine for Your Me Years” selfishly closed up shop in 2001, after six decades?
Life and Science:
Where can Rokon’s hefty Trail-Breaker motorbike store an additional 4.5 gallons of fuel – in the frame, in the seat, or in the wheels?
Games and Sports:
What sport’s first Olympic giant slalom champ was a smokin’ Canadian called Ross Rebagliati?
Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What city erected a life-sized statue of sitcom character Mary Richards tossing her hat, in 2001? Minneapolis
Entertainment:
What British superstar crooned a 45-minute set at Pete Sampras’ wedding? Elton John
News:
What outfit withdrew a line of basketball shoes after complaints that their logo resembled the word “Allah” in Arabic script? Nike
Written Word:
What magazine made Capitalist Tool fortune cookies – Forbes, Fortune or Money? Forbes
Life and Science:
What nation’s paleontologists discovered the largest dinosaur footprint ever seen, next to massive deposits of dinosaur dung, in 2001? China
Games and Sports:
What nickname did Jamil Blackmon claim he’d coined for a 76ers superstar, in a 2001 lawsuit? The Answer
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