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Post by Lux on Oct 23, 2007 6:57:10 GMT 12
Same rules apply, 1 point if using a search engine i.e. googly, 2 points using any other reference. First player to 50 points, receives a token prize off of my bookshelf. Cheers and happy playing.  Celebs: Jayne Mansfield decorated her home by writing to 1,500 furniture and building suppliers and asking for free samples. She told the donors they could then brag that their goods were in her outlandish mansion. The pitch worked, and Jayne received over $150,000 worth of free merchandise. What did she name her well furnished residence? |
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Post by yollie on Oct 23, 2007 17:06:51 GMT 12
a wild stab in the dark here... Mansfield Manor?
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Post by maire on Oct 23, 2007 18:13:36 GMT 12
Gratis Grange?  |
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Post by cookie on Oct 24, 2007 1:31:42 GMT 12
The Pink Palace??
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Post by Lux on Oct 24, 2007 6:49:51 GMT 12
Correct: The Pink Palace.
Cookie - 2 pts.
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Post by Lux on Oct 24, 2007 6:56:55 GMT 12
Literature:
Who wrote Desiderata? Can you recite it?
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Post by bossybitch on Oct 24, 2007 14:11:45 GMT 12
Max Ehermann, goggle. Totally  but strive was our college motto and if you were very good, like me....you received an award for do your most in the year...A strive. Good Poem though...very touching. I could do some Wordsworth for you I wandered lonely as a cloud...... |
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Post by bossybitch on Oct 24, 2007 14:38:01 GMT 12
Well that was interesting reading about Jayne. Did you know it was claimed she was a Satanist....I'm guessing that the Pink Palace is near Hollywood. Is that the one that recently was sold for $14mill.......5 stories high.
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Post by Lux on Oct 25, 2007 12:23:03 GMT 12
Correct: Max Ehermann
Cookie - 2 pts.
Bossybitch - 1 pt.
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Post by Lux on Oct 26, 2007 21:24:47 GMT 12
Music:
Who sings it? 'Sometimes when we touch...'
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Post by cookie on Oct 26, 2007 22:09:25 GMT 12
that sounds like a romantic love song.... I've lookd on lyrics.com and come up with Rod Stewart
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Post by cookie on Oct 26, 2007 22:12:06 GMT 12
or it could have been Dan Hill???
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Post by Lux on Oct 26, 2007 22:54:57 GMT 12
Correct: Dan Hill
Cookie - 4 pts.
Bossybitch - 1 pt.
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Post by Lux on Oct 26, 2007 22:59:00 GMT 12
Our wonderful world:
What animal has the largest eyes?
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Post by yollie on Oct 26, 2007 23:34:20 GMT 12
I think the whale.
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Post by cookie on Oct 27, 2007 2:28:44 GMT 12
The giant squid does... googled it
What animal has the largest eyes in the world?
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. One specimen, found in Thimble Bay in Newfoundland, had eyes 38 centimetres in diameter—that’s bigger than a human head!
Giant squid live in the deep sea and scientists have never seen one alive. Most of what is know about giant squid comes from studying squid caught in fishing nets, the remains of squid found in the stomachs of sperm whales, and dead squid washed up on shore.
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Post by Lux on Oct 27, 2007 10:09:11 GMT 12
Correct: The Giant squid. Go Cookie you're on a run!  Cookie - 5 pts. Bossybitch - 1 pt. |
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Post by Lux on Oct 27, 2007 10:12:19 GMT 12
Blessings:
Where did this blessing originate?
Always remember to forget
The things that made you sad.
But never forget to remember
The things that made you glad.
Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue.
But never forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.
Always remember to forget
The troubles that passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day.
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Post by yollie on Oct 27, 2007 18:54:24 GMT 12
its a lovely wee poem, according to google author unknown!
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Post by maire on Oct 28, 2007 8:01:34 GMT 12
It reminds of the Bee Gees song ...
"Don't forget to remember me
And the love that used to be
I still remember you
I love you
In my heart lies a memory to tell the stars above
Don't forget to remember me my love"
Or something by Helen Steiner Rice[?]
Re the blessings origin, is it a Thanksgiving one?
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Post by Lux on Oct 28, 2007 12:11:33 GMT 12
I probably should have asked the Country of origin?
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Post by yollie on Oct 29, 2007 9:51:31 GMT 12
t'would be Irish surely!! lol
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Post by Lux on Oct 29, 2007 12:02:44 GMT 12
Correct: Ireland
Yollie - 2 pts.
Cookie - 5 pts.
Bossybitch - 1 pt.
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Post by Lux on Oct 29, 2007 12:12:51 GMT 12
Riddle:
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
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Post by bossybitch on Oct 29, 2007 15:28:21 GMT 12
Mutton bird..... Miss9 said an egg
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