Friday, May 1, 2009

Cranium Calendar, Volume IV

April 1st : Starstruck : hip shaker, sun records, teddy bear (got it easily)
April 2nd : Polygraph : There is a link between the color of a chicken's eggs and the color of its earlobes. (T or F) (missed it)
April 6th : Zelpuz : HEROIC JAM LAND (hint: sports legend) (got it easily)
April 7th : Selectaquest : Which of these materials was not used in George Washington's false teeth? wood; human teeth; walrus tusks; ivory (missed it)
April 9th : Zelpuz : GREAT HUGE NEST (hint: spring ritual) (missed it. :()
April 13th : blankout : _O_ _C _ OO_ (hint: barrier breaker) (missed it)
April 14th : Punch list : how many of the six largest Hawaiian Islands can you name? (I only got 3)
April 15th : Zelpuz (there were a bunch this month) : NEXT FRAUD (hint: tax time) (got it, but had to write it down)
April 16th : Factoid : Talk-show host Jerry Springer once held what political office? (got it, although I didn't know the location)
April 20th : Translator : (hint: beer brands) More Knowledge Plant Sprout; Cereal-Grinding Personage; Male Child of Espionage Agent; Tumbling Mineral Matter (got three of them, missed the third of the group - which I'd never heard of)
April 21st : Selectaquest : What didn't Leonardo da Vinci sketch a design for? helicopter; odometer; zipper; bicycle. (missed it)
April 23rd : Odd Couple : Which two don't belong: Princeton Perfectos; Buffalo Bisons; Hickory Crawdads; Auburn Doubledays; Fredonia Freaks (hint: minor-league baseball teams) (got them)
April 27th : Polygraph : The oppostire sides of standard dice always add up to seven. (knew it)
April 28th : Zelpuz : SPIN DREAM (hint: character) (got it in a few seconds)
April 29th : Punch list : How many of the seven James Bond movies starring Sean Connery can you name? (yeah, no. I don't think I could name seven James Bond movies at all. I got none)
April 30th : Matchbatch : math fromage, poulet, champignon, boeuf, vin, pain with capon, filet mignon, baguette, Bordeaux, Camembert, morel. (didn't have a clue how to even begin)



April 1st : Elvis Presley
April 2nd : True! Hens with white earlobes lay white eggs, hens with red earlobes lay brown eggs.
April 6th : Michael Jordan
April 7th : wood.
April 8th : Easter Egg Hunt
April 13th : Sonic Boom
April 14th : Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai
April 15th : Tax Refund
April 16th : Mayor of Cininnati (in 1977, age 33, won by a huge margin)
April 20th : Budweiser, Miller, Molson, Rolling Rock
April 21st : zipper. was first exhibited in 1893. but, fun fact: da Vinci did also design parachutes, diving suits, and military tanks
April 23rd : Fredonia Freaks and Princeton Perfectos (Princeton is Devil Rays and Fedonia doesn't have a minor-league team)
April 27th : True
April 28th : Spider-Man
April 29th : Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds are Forever (1971), Never Say Never Again (1983)
April 30th : fromage - Camembert; poulet - capon; champignon - morel; boeuf - filet mignon; vin - Bordeauz; pain - baguette

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