| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 09 08:55PM -0500 Mark Brader: > We weren't given a list of the others, but I looked them up... > Porcupette -> porcupine... By the way, that one came up on Thursday on "Master Minds", this season's much improved version of what last year had the terrible name of "Best Ever Trivia Show". It was multiple-choice on the show, and I believe only about 1 out of 3 contestants and 1 out of 3 expert players got it right. -- Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap. Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it msb@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 09 09:11PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:CNOdnWSV3vJ2cinDnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Silk is produced by silkworms feeding on the leaves of which > tree? > 2. Mohair and cashmere are wools from which type of animal? Sheep > 4. Garments like T-shirts, polo shirts, and underwear are not > made from woven fabrics. What is the fabric production process > for them called? Smocking > 6. Supima is a special cotton grown in the US. It is considered to > be a super version of the Pima cotton, which itself is pretty > good. From what country did Pima cotton originally come? India > 7. The three largest cotton-producing countries in the world are > India, China, and what? USA > 8. Tyrian purple was a special dye used to dye the clothes of > Roman emperors. From what type of creature was it derived? Insect > 9. Until after the Middle Ages, in what natural substance were > woolen fabrics soaked in order to help the dye stick and not > wash off? Urine > 10. Viscose is a fiber made from cellulose, mostly from wood. > In 1924 it started to be sold under a commercial name. > What was that? Vermiculite > of Derry, Maine, in a novel and on film. He is believed to > have inspired a real-life clown hysteria in 2016 following a > rash of scary clown sightings. Name him. Pennywise > jester or a fool) sing "Come away, come away death"? > 3. "Send in the Clowns" is a beautiful ballad from the 1973 musical > "A Little Night Music". Who wrote it? Sondheim > nationally televised TV program for children, which ran from > 1947-1960. She was first played by Robert Keeshan, who went > on to play Captain Kangaroo. Name this clown. Clarabell > youth now recognize him. The man who first played the character > of Ronald McDonald was later a weatherman on "The Today Show". > Name him. Willard Scott > routine involved trying to sweep up a spotlight and then > appearing startled when it disappeared. Name the man behind > Weary Willie's greasepaint. Kelly > the Italian to "clowns" or "players". It's about the fatal > jealousies in a traveling troupe of actors. Name the opera, > in Italian. I Pagliacci Pete Gayde |
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