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Events by Jensen Join your host Jensen Anderson at events at Brickfield Brewing every Thursday starting at 6pm. 1st

12/31/2022

Something new is coming to Brickfield this Thursday!!!!!

June 17Brickfield Brewing 6pm
05/24/2021

June 17
Brickfield Brewing
6pm

05/13/2021

Answers to Wednesday, May 12

1. What fictional horse—who debuted in a 1941 children’s novel by Mary O’Hara, which was adapted into a movie in 1943 and again in 2006—gets her name from the Swedish for “young girl”?

FLICKA

2. A 2013 poll of boxing experts settled once and for all which boxers from the “Rocky” movies were the best. Rocky, of course, was number one. Apollo Creed was number two. What boxer—who spoke just nine lines in “Rocky IV”—was number three?

IVAN DRAGO

3. What ship set sail for Tahiti in 1787, captained by William Bligh?

THE HMS BOUNTY

4. What B-word describes the markings on a dog or other animal that form a pattern like a lower contrast tiger stripe?

BRINDLE

5. Shakespeare's shortest play features a case of mistaken identity between two sets of twins, and heavily relies on slapstick, puns, and wordplay. Its title is three words long. Name that play!

“COMEDY OF ERRORS”

05/13/2021

Theme Thursday, May 13
Today's theme is: Sick Moves! Five questions about some sweet dance moves.

1. A 17-year-old singer named Silentó scored a hit song in 2015 whose title urges listeners to watch him do two different dance moves. Name those moves.

2. If you jump to the left, and then step to the right, then put your hands on your hips and bring your knees in tight, and then follow it all up with a bit of pelvic thrusting, you’re doing what dance, created in 1973?

3. What lively dance—popularized worldwide by Carmen Miranda and the Carnival festival dancers in Rio—is considered a national symbol of Brazil?

4. New Way, Old Way, and BLANK Fem are broadly the three styles of what type of dance, which evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene?

5. Alfonso Ribeiro created the “Carlton” dance during his tenure on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” This classic move is traditionally performed to what 1965 song?

05/12/2021

Answers to Tuesday, May 11

1. The largest city on what island nation might get its name from the classical Sinhala “Kolon thota,” meaning "port on the river Kelani,” or possibly the phrase “Kola-amba-thota,” meaning “Harbor with green mango trees,” but not from a European murderer, as Americans often assume?

SRI LANKA
(Colombo)

2. American artist Robert Indiana is best known for an image he began sketching in 1958, which was later used on t-shirts, greeting cards, postage stamps, and numerous sculptures around the world. What word is depicted in all of these images?

“LOVE”

3. A “fifth” is a common quantity of alcohol. What is it a fifth of?

A GALLON

4. Most of the Solar System’s asteroids are located in a large belt between the orbits of which two planets?

MARS, JUPITER

5. Part two is “Purgatorio.” Part three is “Paradiso.” What is part one called?

“THE INFERNO”
(the three parts of “The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri)

05/12/2021

Wednesday, May 12
Five questions to wake up your noodle.

1. What fictional horse—who debuted in a 1941 children’s novel by Mary O’Hara, which was adapted into a movie in 1943 and again in 2006—gets her name from the Swedish for “young girl”?

2. A 2013 poll of boxing experts settled once and for all which boxers from the “Rocky” movies were the best. Rocky, of course, was number one. Apollo Creed was number two. What boxer—who spoke just nine lines in “Rocky IV”—was number three?

3. What ship set sail for Tahiti in 1787, captained by William Bligh?

4. What B-word describes the markings on a dog or other animal that form a pattern like a lower contrast tiger stripe?

5. Shakespeare's shortest play features a case of mistaken identity between two sets of twins, and heavily relies on slapstick, puns, and wordplay. Its title is three words long. Name that play!

05/11/2021

1. Brooklyn’s official motto translates to “Unity Makes Strength” from an early modern version of what language?

DUTCH

2. What Emmy-winning CBS show ran from 2005 to 2014, but was technically set in the year 2030?

“HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER”

3. Science fiction author Vernor Vinge popularized an 11-letter word in a 1993 essay, describing the moment humanity invents an intelligence greater than its own. What is that word?

SINGULARITY

4. The Italian word for “hunter” often appears in recipes, where it means “a meal prepared in the hunter’s style.” What is the Italian word for hunter?

CACCIATORE

5. The state fruit of Idaho shares its name with a blue cartoon dog and a 12-year-old Missouri boy taken in by the Widow Douglas. What is it?

HUCKLEBERRY

05/11/2021

Tuesday, May 11
Five questions to wake up your noodle.

1. The largest city on what island nation might get its name from the classical Sinhala “Kolon thota,” meaning "port on the river Kelani,” or possibly the phrase “Kola-amba-thota,” meaning “Harbor with green mango trees,” but not from a European murderer, as Americans often assume?

2. American artist Robert Indiana is best known for an image he began sketching in 1958, which was later used on t-shirts, greeting cards, postage stamps, and numerous sculptures around the world. What word is depicted in all of these images?

3. A “fifth” is a common quantity of alcohol. What is it a fifth of?

4. Most of the Solar System’s asteroids are located in a large belt between the orbits of which two planets?

5. Part two is “Purgatorio.” Part three is “Paradiso.” What is part one called?

05/10/2021

Monday, May 10
Five questions to wake up your noodle.

1. Brooklyn’s official motto translates to “Unity Makes Strength” from an early modern version of what language?

2. What Emmy-winning CBS show ran from 2005 to 2014, but was technically set in the year 2030?

3. Science fiction author Vernor Vinge popularized an 11-letter word in a 1993 essay, describing the moment humanity invents an intelligence greater than its own. What is that word?

4. The Italian word for “hunter” often appears in recipes, where it means “a meal prepared in the hunter’s style.” What is the Italian word for hunter?

5. The state fruit of Idaho shares its name with a blue cartoon dog and a 12-year-old Missouri boy taken in by the Widow Douglas. What is it?

05/07/2021

Answers to Theme Thursday, May 6

1. What interactive young-adult series originally published by Bantam Books includes such titles as “Your Code Name is Jonah,” “Prisoner of the Ant People,” and “The Lost Jewels of Nabooti”?

“CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE”

2. What 1941 song about a fictitious train through Tennessee was the first song to receive a gold record, selling 1.2 million copies?

“CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO”

3. What candy, which is often used to demonstrate rheology, was invented in Massachusetts and not, as its name implies, North Carolina?

CHARLESTON CHEW
(rheology is the study of the flow of substances; thanks to reader Noah for pointing out that that should be South Carolina. We apologize for the error!)

4. What 2014 Jeopardy champion’s aggressive style of play resulted in fans of the show calling him “The Jeopardy Villain”?

ARTHUR CHU

5. What ungulate-loving cryptid was named by Puerto Rican radio DJ Silverio Pérez?

CHUPACABRA

05/06/2021

Theme Thursday, May 6
Today's theme is: The Mighty Chewbacca! Tuesday was May the Fourth, aka Star Wars Day. In honor of everyone’s favorite Wookie, here are five questions that include the sound “chew.”

1. What interactive young-adult series originally published by Bantam Books includes such titles as “Your Code Name is Jonah,” “Prisoner of the Ant People,” and “The Lost Jewels of Nabooti”?

2. What 1941 song about a fictitious train through Tennessee was the first song to receive a gold record, selling 1.2 million copies?

3. What candy, which is often used to demonstrate rheology, was invented in Massachusetts and not, as its name implies, North Carolina?

4. What 2014 Jeopardy champion’s aggressive style of play resulted in fans of the show calling him “The Jeopardy Villain”?

5. What ungulate-loving cryptid was named by Puerto Rican radio DJ Silverio Pérez?

05/06/2021

Answers to Tuesday, May 4

1. The world’s largest estuary is located at the gulf where what river empties into the Atlantic Ocean?

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER

2. “Apartheid” means “the state of being apart” in what language?

AFRIKAANS

3. Ward Cunningham coined something called “Cunningham’s Law,” which states, “The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post BLANK.” Fill in that blank.

“THE WRONG ANSWER”

4. Goiters have all but been eliminated from countries that have added what dietary mineral to their salt supply?

IODINE

5. According to one historical theory, around 600 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar the Second built something for his wife, Amytis, to ease her homesickness. What was it?

THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

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