| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 25 04:00PM > * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - US Cities > 1. Lubbock, Midland. Texas > 2. Coeur d'Alene ["core da-LANE"], Twin Falls. Idaho > 3. Sheboygan, Eau Claire. Wisconsin > 4. Great Falls, Missoula. Montana > 5. Calais ["CAL-uss"], Houlton ["HOLE-tun"]. Minnestoa; Michigan > 6. Orem, Moab. Utah > 7. Terre Haute ["TARE-uh HOAT"], Muncie. Indiana > 8. Lawrence, Leavenworth. Kansas > 9. Islamorada ["eye-la-mo-RAH-da"], Hialeah ["hi-uh-LEE-uh"]. Florida > 10. Barstow, Oxnard. California > Kronos wanted to eat the newborn god. Rhea hid Zeus in a > cave, to start with, but what stratagem did she then use to > trick Kronos? swaddled a rock and pretended it was Zeus > 2. Zeus's jealous wife, the queen of the gods, was also his sister. > Name her. Hera > 3. Zeus carried the maiden Europa from the Lebanese coast to Crete. > What shape did Zeus adopt to lure Europa to Europe? dolphin > 4. According to one version of the story, Zeus visited Leda -- > a married woman -- and begot upon her Helen of Troy and some > other children. What form did Zeus take to seduce Leda? swan > the twelve Olympian gods. Each twin carries a bow and arrows. > The brother is identified with the sun and the sister with > the moon. Name *both* of them. Apollo and Artemis > nymph into an animal. But his wife found out and chased Io all > the way to Egypt with stinging flies. What kind of animal did > Io become? deer > Persephone's mother spent a whole winter looking for her. > Persephone's mother was an Earth Mother, the goddess of > cereals and farming. Name her. Demeter > 8. After impregnating a female Titan, Zeus swallowed her and later > gave birth to a daughter who emerged from his head. Which > goddess was born from Zeus's head? Athena > 9. The father of a princess named Danae imprisoned her in a tower, > but Zeus got in through the window, as shown in a painting > by Titian. What form did Zeus take to get in the window? shower of gold > 10. Zeus and his wife argued over an important point that could > only be resolved by Tiresias, a prophet who had lived as both > a man and a woman. What point were they arguing over? whether men or women enjoyed sex more -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 25 12:33PM -0800 On 12/24/20 10:31 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > We'll give you two towns or cities that are located in the same US > state; you simply name the state. > 1. Lubbock, Midland. Texas > 2. Coeur d'Alene ["core da-LANE"], Twin Falls. Idaho > 3. Sheboygan, Eau Claire. Wisconsin > 4. Great Falls, Missoula. Montana > 5. Calais ["CAL-uss"], Houlton ["HOLE-tun"]. Maine > 6. Orem, Moab. Utah > 7. Terre Haute ["TARE-uh HOAT"], Muncie. Indiana > 8. Lawrence, Leavenworth. Kansas > 9. Islamorada ["eye-la-mo-RAH-da"], Hialeah ["hi-uh-LEE-uh"]. Florida > 10. Barstow, Oxnard. California > trick Kronos? > 2. Zeus's jealous wife, the queen of the gods, was also his sister. > Name her. Hera > 3. Zeus carried the maiden Europa from the Lebanese coast to Crete. > What shape did Zeus adopt to lure Europa to Europe? bull > 4. According to one version of the story, Zeus visited Leda -- > a married woman -- and begot upon her Helen of Troy and some > other children. What form did Zeus take to seduce Leda? swan > the twelve Olympian gods. Each twin carries a bow and arrows. > The brother is identified with the sun and the sister with > the moon. Name *both* of them. Apollo, Artemis > Persephone's mother spent a whole winter looking for her. > Persephone's mother was an Earth Mother, the goddess of > cereals and farming. Name her. Demeter > 8. After impregnating a female Titan, Zeus swallowed her and later > gave birth to a daughter who emerged from his head. Which > goddess was born from Zeus's head? Athena > 9. The father of a princess named Danae imprisoned her in a tower, > but Zeus got in through the window, as shown in a painting > by Titian. What form did Zeus take to get in the window? shower of gold (not to be confused with a golden shower :) > 10. Zeus and his wife argued over an important point that could > only be resolved by Tiresias, a prophet who had lived as both > a man and a woman. What point were they arguing over? whether men or women suffered the most pain -- Dan Tilque |
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