1. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
6 am day after Christmas
I throw some clothes on in
The dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping and
I am numb

2. Dolly Parton starred in, and wrote the theme song to, which 1980 comedy film?

3. What are Shahada, Salah, Zakah, Saum, and Hajj?

4. What structure was built on the site of the old Washington Hoover Airport?

5. Fun with quotations! From which of Shakespeare's plays do we get this quote:
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother

6. What would be the best birthday present ever?

Have you played this week's quiz yet? You must play and tell ten other people to play, or something bad will happen to a kitten. And by bad I probably mean tasty. In fact, if you play the quiz, you may eat a kitten, because it's a known fact that more people do not play the quiz than do play. So, in summary, kittens are up for noshing. Unless you're vegetarian, in which case you may eat a tofitten. Eeeeewwww.

Go. Play. Take Quiz.

1. The Agatha Christie mystery “And Then There Were None” was made into numerous film versions, most of which were entitled...

2. Whose wife "could eat no lean"?

3. In “The Magnificent Seven”, he was named Vin; in “The Great Escape” he was named Virgil. What’s his real name?

4. What song by The Police (featuring Sting!) features salmon, butterflies, foxes, gulls, whales, and even people, all in grave distress?

5. What is the Dead Man’s Hand, and who is the dead man in question?

6. What’s your favorite game?

All hail Julius Caesar, and the month that bears his name, even though he died in some other month. They should have thought that through better. But that's beside the point. The point is, it's Thursday once again, and there is a plus-sized quiz just waiting to be taken. So go forth, and take that quiz, now with 33% more questiony goodness. It's good for you. Healthy. Tasty. Like this guy, OM NOM NOM NOM.


Go. Play. Take Quiz.

Yeah, I know: no quiz last week. Mea culpa. Here's an extra-long quiz to make up for it. Supersize! Fun size! Wheee!

1. After Robert Ludlum passed away, which author was granted permission to continue writing the "Bourne" series of novels?

2. What is another name for a wolverine?

3. Everyone knows that Han shot first; who did he shoot?

4. Who was, arguably, the strangest of the Fratelli brothers?

5. What is the most northwesterly point on the island of Great Britain?

6. The early 90's rock band "Eve's Plum" released only two albums; which was the first?

7. What is the proper term for a group of lions?

8. What's your favorite sinful thing to do?

Morning, all!

Normally a quiz would be showing up in this very space. Also normally, answers would have shown up in this space about 24 hours ago. Due to some technical difficulties, we'll get to both of those things a bit later today. My bad.

Meanwhile, feel free to use the comments space here to write poetry. Or literature. Or link to funny things. Or post boobies. Something.

CV's out of time;
Gin, bacon at all time low.
Low on tasty cats.

Once more Thursday graces us with its presence, and we wonder where the time goes. It goes nowhere, of course; time is just an illusion, and illusions are magical. It doesn't "go" anywhere. The quiz doesn't "go" anywhere either, but we do have a statute of limitations based on the arbitrary value of "time" and its ability to "go" places. So, you should also "go" to this week's quiz and play before time "runs" out. Of course it doesn't really run either; time has no legs. Only arms. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

Ok, I'll shut up now. Just play, or the cephalopods will come for you:


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1. According to Bobby Troup, where do you "get your kicks"?

2. What basketball franchise (the oldest in the NBA) was known for such famous players as Wilt Chamberlain, Moses Malone, Julius Erving, and Charles Barkley?

3. In the television series "The Prisoner", what is the prisoner's designation?

4. The Nishan Sahib is the holy flag of which religious group?

5. What movie in 2000 featured Arnold Schwarzenegger and his clone?

6. We're about halfway through the year; how's it going?

Brain failing. Body starving. Nearest fuzzy creature unpalatable:

Don't end up like me... eat your veggies and play this week's quiz. It will save you! Hurry!

...aaahhh, much better. Ok, I lied; chocolate makes things better too. OM NOM NOM

1. What opera by Mozart tells of the love between Tamino and Pamina?

2. NBA player Larry Bird had a famous on-court rivalry with which other basketball star?

3. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the artist:
Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
Thruppence and sixpence each day
'Cause I drive my baby every way

4. Marvel Comics character Illyana Rasputin often went by which alias?

5. What story by O. Henry tells of a couple that exchanges a most ironic set of Christmas presents?

6. Can you do any special tricks? Tell us about it!

Happy Thursday to all, and to all a good Thursday! You should celebrate the post-hump day by doing something special, something wonderful, something that brings about goodwill and joy to all mankind. But it would be better if you played this week's quiz instead. Goodwill and joy are overrated in the face of humor and the funneh. Bring that on instead; we'll do goodwill and joy some other time. You can start by giving somebunny a hug:

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1. What is the official title of the heir to the throne of the Netherlands?

2. What short-lived frivolous Canadian political party was headed by "Pope Terence the First" and pledged to repeal the law of gravity and support global warming?

3. Which German electronic music group provided pieces for the soundtracks of "Firestarter", "Legend", and "Risky Business"?

4. What is the common term for borreliosis?

5. Who played Felix Unger in the 1968 film "The Odd Couple"?

6. What's your favorite flavor (or flavour)?

Thursday is here again! Unlike Tuesday, which was here yesterday. Sorta. Anyway, Thursday as always means that there's a quiz that needs playin', and you fine people are just the right playas for the job. So go, don't be a playa hata, just be a playa, and get to playin' the quiz. It doesn't play itself, you know.

Do it or else this guy will kill you with his enormous brain:

He'll do it too.

Go. Play. Take Quiz.

1. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

2. What were the two previous team names of the Baltimore Orioles?

3. Who was the engineer who was involved with the creation of both the V-2 and Saturn V rockets?

4. Fun with lyrics! Name the artist and the song:
When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
and when I hold you in my arms
My love can't do me no harm

5. What political controversy in early 20th century England focused on animal experimentation, especially vivisection?

6. Chocolate: Good, bad, both, neither? Discuss.