Oorgh. Really snatched defeat from the jaws of victory there. Immediately went to choose “struggle” because of prior knowledge and then just ignored my own intuition and picked something else.
EKG is taken from the German original term Elektrokardiogramm. It may also come from Dutch, given that it was invented by Willem Einthoven, a Dutch scientist.
Haha I just commented thank goodness there were two movie questions and no sports questions. I was standing right next to Peyton Manning just a couple hours ago and had no idea who he was until people told me afterwards.
Slow 8/10 Never heard of Goldilocks but should have thought it through 'just right'...lol. I puzzled on Q9 - both Giant Pacific and Lion's Mane are here in NW Pacific and in the San Juan de Fuca straits, but in my head a Portuguese Man O' War is bigger than a Lion's Mane and I went the octopus.
I missed Q9 as well, really couldn't wrap by head around that question. looked at my coffee for a few seconds and and said (actually out loud) "whatev, python". No soup for you!
I'm not sure what is most sad: that 11% of folks thought "the Rock" was an Oscar Winning performance, or that more people (18%) thought ConAir was more worthy.
Whoa, just got in from Zagreb, where, in a state of exhaustion, I remarked to the cabbie that he looked like Nicolas Cage. He didn't know who that was, so I showed him a photo, and he agreed. We joked that the two of them must be long-lost cousins, if not brothers! Not that I ever even think about Cage. And now here he is in the one JetPunk question that kept me from getting a ten out of ten!
Japan and earth were lucky guesses.
Unusually, the hardest for me today was question 1, was torn between France and Thailand.
Also, unfortunate to see so many still think Jihad means war
"And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allâh)" S8 V39
Thanks "religion of peace"
Spoiler alert, it actively calls for the genocide of seven nations, for the crime of - you guessed it - worshipping the wrong gods
Funny, almost like the Abrahamic religions have that in common...
And btw. it feels like we have avout three movie questions a day and barely a sports question anymore.
anybody know the reason for france having so many tourists in 2023?
Nearly a 10 nr 10 was a complete guess and a wrong one.