Cranium Calendar, Volume V

May 4th : Blankout : Hint: yes means no. _ E_E_ _E _ _Y_ _ O_O_Y (struggled for a moment, but got it after re-reading the hint)
May 5th : there's a photo and question, but wanted to share the fun fact that: Buddha was under the Bo or Bodhi tree (a type of Indian fig) when he was enlightened and realized the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path that are the foundation of Buddhism.
May 7th : Starstruck : Philly, Ali, Bel-Air (Easy)
May 11th : Selectaquest : Which country was the first to allow women to vote? Canada, New Zealand, United States, France. (got it)
May 12th : Zelpuz : Hint: harbor icon. TRUST YE LIFEBOAT (missed it, and was surprised with the answer)
May 13th : Polygraph : A frontrunner in the furniture business, Ikea was originally a religious commune. (guessed incorrectly)
May 14th : Odd Couple : Hint: dinosaurs. Gynormasaurus; Apatosaurus; Brachiosaurus; Stegosaurus; Tabascosaurus (yep!)
May 18th : Blankout : Hint: clean sweep. _ _C_U_ C_ _A_ _ _ (missed it)
May 19th : Polygraph : Vanilla flavoring is derived from the cured, unripe fruit of a tropical climbing orchid. (missed it)
May 20th : Starstruck : legal blonde, June, Alabama (duh.)
May 21st : Matchbatch : Sir Edmund Hillary; Charles Lindbergh; Robert Peary; Roald Amundsen; Yuri Gagarin to be matched with Atlantic; Everest; outer space, North Pole, South Pole. (I got outer space and South Pole backwards, the rest correct)
May 25th : Factoid : What is the largest animal ever to inhabit Earth?
May 26th : Zelpuz : Hint: Gardener's Delight NUTMEG HERB (nope)
May 28th : Translator: Hint: Card Games blaze-tenging implement; vital organs of symbolic significance; outrageously peculiar multiples of four (only got the second two, but should have gotten all three)
May 30th/31st : Turbo Factoid (not sure if I've shared this type before. it's when you have three factoids to complete in the amount of time usually given to only one factoid). 1) In a round of golf, what do you have if someone gives you a mulligan? 2) If you shoot an eagle on the first hole while your opponent makes a birdie, who's leading? 3) In golf lingo, what's the bar at the clubhouse called? (only got the second one, wouldn't have even come up with adequate guesses for the others)



May 4th : Reverse Psychology
May 7th : Will Smith
May 11th : New Zealand - in 1893, 27 years before the US 19th Amendment
May 12th : Statue of Liberty
May 13th : False. Although some do think of Ikea as a religion (or at least a religious experience), it was the appliance company Amana that was founded by members of a religious commune.
May 14th : Gynormosaurus and Tabascosaurus. (the other three were from the Jurassic Period, alrite!)
May 18th : Vacuum Cleaner
May 19th : True. Vanilla beans have no scent when harvested, and develop their fragrance during the weeks-months of air drying (not sure how the two are related)
May 20th : Reese Witherspoon
May 21st : Sir Edmund Hillary - Everest; Charles Lindbergh - Atlantic; Robert Peary - North Pole; Roald Amundsen - South Pole; Yuri Gagarin - outer space
May 25th : Blue Whale (90+ feet long and 150+ tons. bigger than all the dinosaurs AND were nearly extinct before protections were established)
May 26th : Green Thumb
May 28th : Poker; Hearts; Crazy Eights
May 30th/31st : 1) a second chance to swing (not in the standard rules). 2) you are, an eagle is two under par while a birdie is only one under par. 3) the 19th hole (hahaha)