Tuesday, April 26, 2016

30 Years of Pripyat Suntans!





I am *not* going to turn this into a weekly listing of eulogies for artists who have touched my life.

That said, I am sure you heard about Prince.

The Onion again nails it.

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In lighter news, it's been 30 years since the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.

You can see some of what it looks like now in these links.




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Also, today is Alien Day!

The most bonkers thing about the original Alien film is that someone at the studio had the bright idea that the most horrific creature ever committed to film would make a good kid's toy.  

One friend of mine who got this made his mom take it back to the store.



I am still jealous.

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Tonight's question: 


The alien in Alien is never actually named.

The 1986 sequel, Aliens is the first time that the term xenomorph is used, but the DVD commentary and some other sources point out that Lt. Gorman used it to mean ANY alien life form.

The creature has been given several possible scientific names.

Tell me any of the Latinate scientific names for the creature.

Answer IN PERSON, after 7:50.



Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Happy Bicycle Day! Trivia Tonight @ Franks!


Right before 4/20, I'd like to wish you a Happy Bicycle Day!

According to Scientific American, on this day in 1943, Sandoz chemist Albert Hofmann, discoverer of lysergic acid diethylamide took the world's first deliberate dose in his lab, and rode home on his bicycle.



Tonight's question:
The CIA and US military got in on the "bicycle" action, too.  
What was the official code name of the CIA/Army joint program that officially ran from 1953-1974 which tried to develop mind control and conducted experiments where mental patients, prisoners, CIA personnel and members of the public were dosed with LSD, often without their knowledge or consent?
Answer IN PERSON, after 7:50. 


Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.
Check Frank's Facebook page for the shotworthy question!

Excelsior!
-tpn! 
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Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.
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Excelsior!
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Yuri's Night 2016 - Celebrate 55 years of Humans IN SPAAAACE! - @ Frank's at 8pm


It's been 55 years since Yuri Gagarin flew the Vostok 1 into orbit on April 12, 1961.  It took 108 minutes to orbit the planet.  He was the first human to go into spaceHe died in 1968.

BBC on Yuri Gagarin
NASA's kids page from 1998
Biography


Tonight we will honor Yuri's legacy.
Or at least drink, and pretend to honor it.

Come on out to celebrate Yuri's Night at Frank's Place.

Tonight's question:

Two years after Yuri's flight, on June 16, 1963 the Soviets put the first woman into space - Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova. How long after that did it take for NASA and the US to do the same?

Answer IN PERSON, after 7:50. 


Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.
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Excelsior!
-tpn! 

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Stupid Sexy Flanders - Trivia Tonight

Running late.

Tonight's question:
Belgium has three official languages - French, Dutch and German, and several regional dialects.
What territory of Belgium has over 55% of the countries area and a capital city of Namur?


Answer IN PERSON, after 7:50.

Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.
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Remember, this is the NO-BOOZE WINNING quiz.
Check Frank's Facebook page for the shotworthy question!

Excelsior!
-tpn!